A.O.C Primary Challengers_Untracked
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR NEW YORK'S 14TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IS SHAPING UP TO BE ONE OF THE HOTTEST RACES OF 2020. FRESHMAN CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA OCASIO CORTEZ WILL ATTEMPT TO DEFEND HER SEAT FROM MULTIPLE CHALLENGERS. OCASIO CORTEZ GAINED A GLOBAL PROFILE FOR HER SUPPORT OF PROGRESSIVE IDEAS SUCH AS MEDICARE FOR ALL AND THE GREEN NEW DEAL. BUT- THAT PROFILE HAS OPENED HER UP TO CRITICISM FROM ALL SIDES AND COULD DAMAGE HER REELECTION CHANCES. MATT KLINK, GOP STRATEGIST, KLINK CAMPAIGNS 15.03 "THE CHALLENGE FOR HER WILL BE CONVINCING HER DISTRICT THAT SHE'S LOOKING OUT FOR THEM AND NOT PLAYING TO THE NATIONAL STAGE' VOTERS- ON THE OTHER HAND- DON'T SEEM TO THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM SARA SCHWERD- QUEENS RESIDENT I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER CANDIDATE APPEALS TO ME IN THE WAY THAT MISS CORTEZ HAS. HER CHALLENGERS- AMONG THEM FORMER CNBC ANCHOR MICHELLE CARUSA CABERERA SAY THAT OSCASIO CORTEZ DOES NOT REFLECT WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE DISTRICT, THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, SHE LEANS TOO FAR TO THE LEFT. SOT- FOX Michelle Caruso Cabrerra 1.10 'She drives away jobs, she's divisive, she does everything to increase her own celebrity." BUT EXPERTS-AND VOTERS DISAGREE. DANIEL ANTONIO CONTERAS- QUEENS RESIDENT OTHER CANDIDATES- FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN ARE MOSTLY JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY ARE NOT HER 0.48 SOT- LINCOLN MITCHELL- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (((("CONSTITUENTS VOTED FOR A.O.C BECAUSE SHE WAS PROMOTING A MORE PROGRESSIVE AGENDA, AND THAT'S THE REASON THEY ARE GOING TO STAY WITH HER NOW. )))) sot KARL DAVENPORT: BRONX RESIDENT (((ALEXANDRIA IS FIGHTING FOR PROGRESSIVE POLICIES THAT CREATE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND RACIAL EQUALITY FOR ALL.))) THE DISTRICT IS HAS BEEN DUBBED THE EPICENTER OF THE EPICENTER OF THE COVID-19 CRISIS. WITH MORE THAN 19,000 CORONAVIRUS CASES RECORDED AT THE END OF APRIL. WHAT'S MORE- MANY OF THE DISTRICT'S RESIDENTS ARE FRONT LINE WORKERS WHO ARE AT GREATER RISK OF EXPOSURE TO THE VIRUS. SOT JAMES SMITH- BRONX RESIDENT "SOME OF US HAVE NO CHOICE- WE HAVE TO GO OU