Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she hasn’t ruled out a potential run for president or Senate in 2028
Ocasio-Cortez said her focus remains on the midterms, but she did not rule out a 2028 presidential run or a Senate challenge to Schumer.
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez left the door open Sunday to either running for president in 2028 or challenging Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, though she emphasized her focus remains on the midterm elections.
- Ocasio-Cortez has wielded significant political power endorsing insurgent progressive candidates, with Abdul El-Sayed winning Michigan's Democratic Senate primary last week despite tens of millions spent by opposition supporters.
- Adopting a more pragmatic tone, Ocasio-Cortez noted that "politics is also a workplace" and described discussions about crime as "fundamentally different" than in 2020, distancing herself from past polarizing positions.
- On Saturday, Ocasio-Cortez posted Instagram videos administering egg-freezing injections, saying the process felt "very daunting" but she wanted to demystify it for others weighing similar personal medical decisions.
- Describing recent progressive victories as a generational "renewal," Ocasio-Cortez asserted that "Millennials are not, you know, punk kids anymore" and are becoming decisive at the polls, reshaping Democratic Party politics.
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Who is Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez? New York Democrat frontrunner in the race for US presidency in 2028
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic representative from New York, is emerging as a potential 2028 presidential candidate after Bernie Sanders indicated he is unlikely to run again. AOC said she is focused on the midterms but hasn’t “ruled out the possibility” of a 2028 bid.
AOC Won't Rule Out Run For Senate Or White House
ABC News reports: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said Sunday that she hasn’t ruled out a potential run for president or the Senate 2028, echoing remarks she’s made while campaigning for congressional candidates ahead of November’s midterm elections. “I’m focused on winning the midterms. I’m running for Congress right now,” Ocasio-Cortez first told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday when asked whether she plans to run for president in two years.…
The socialist leader, one of the faces of the party's left wing, says that "anything is possible at this moment"
Ocasio-Cortez is considered a political heiress of Senator Bernie Sanders, exaspirant of the Democratic presidential candidacy, and maintains a close political relationship with the mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, linked to the current democratic socialists of the party
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