How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Pulled Off the Biggest Upset of 2018

Joe Crowley didn’t see it coming. No one did, really.

In the biggest upset of the 2018 elections so far, the chair of the House Democratic caucus lost his primary race on Tuesday to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old activist who rode an insurgent campaign to an unlikely victory.

The Associated Press called the race Tuesday night with the Bronx-born Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, leading 58-42, with 88% of the precincts reporting.