Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has backed four progressive House candidates in open Democratic primaries over the past month, and all four won. The streak, reported by Axios, is sharpening her profile as a force inside the Democratic Party at the very moment she weighs a 2028 presidential run.
For conservatives, the development is worth watching, not because Ocasio-Cortez’s influence is surprising, but because it reveals where the Democratic Party’s center of gravity is actually moving. The victories spanned California, Pennsylvania, Montana, and New Jersey. These were not deep-blue urban strongholds alone. And the candidates who won were not moderates trying to hold swing districts. They were progressives, running on progressive platforms, in open primaries where the party establishment often prefers a safer pick.
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