U.S. Representative

DEMOCRATIC · WORKING FAMILIES

Incumbent U.S. Representative since 2019; won the June 23 Democratic primary and is the Democratic nominee in NY-14.

WHERE THEY STAND

• Healthcare

  Ocasio-Cortez is one of Congress's leading advocates for Medicare for All, a single-payer system covering all healthcare, and has publicly defended how the program would be financed.

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• Climate

  She authored the Green New Deal resolution and continues to push aggressive decarbonization paired with green jobs programs as a signature legislative priority.

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• Rent & Housing

  She reintroduced the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act to invest up to $234 billion in retrofitting public housing and repeal the Faircloth Amendment cap on new public housing units; her Place to Prosper Act would limit rent increases and ban source-of-income discrimination.

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• Immigration

  Ocasio-Cortez has called ICE a 'rogue agency that should not exist,' denounced the Trump administration's deportation operations on the House floor (noting most detainees have no criminal record), and runs know-your-rights outreach for immigrants in her district.

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REPUBLICAN · CONSERVATIVE

Entrepreneur and real estate developer who immigrated from Kosovo to the Bronx as a child; won the June 23 Republican primary and faces Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in November.

WHERE THEY STAND

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