The author of a new book on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reports on whether her election paved the way for a new cast of insurgent women.
A few months after Mckayla Wilkes announced her candidacy for Congress, she was approached by a state delegate at a community event in Maryland’s 5th district, where she is seeking a seat., Wilkes thought, before quickly realizing that was not the case. Instead, the delegate was upset that Wilkes dared mount a campaign against House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, the second most powerful Democrat in the House of Representatives. “She told me that with Steny Hoyer, we have seniority,” says Wilkes.
And then 2018 happened. Candidates like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , Rep. Ayanna Pressley , Rep. Ilhan Omar , and Rep. Rashida Tlaib made other women believe they, too, stood a chance at victory. “These were regular people who weren't politically entrenched,” Wilkes says. “That really inspired me to just jump in the water instead of just tipping my toe in.
While more progressive women may be inspired to take on incumbents now than before 2018, they are still likely to run up against a unique set of challenges, even from within their own party. In March, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee , the party’s powerful fundraising arm, announced that it would not work with any private political vendors who work with Democratic primary challengers.
Some Democratic Party leaders have also been less than enthusiastic about the new, activist energy coming into Congress. While there is no doubt that Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley, Tlaib, Omar, and their small but vocal contingent of progressives are pulling the Democratic party to the left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has dismissed their influence, saying in, “They’re four people, and that’s how many votes they got.” When former Missouri Sen.
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