Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., does not plan to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., for her seat in the Senate, which is up for reelection in 2024.
“She is not planning to run for Senate in 2024. She is not planning to primary Gillibrand,” Lauren Hitt, a spokesperson for Ocasio-Cortez, told Politico.
Gillibrand announced her reelection campaign for a third term in January. Her seat is solidly Democratic in deep blue New York, which means a primary challenge from within the party could have effectively picked the seat’s ultimate winner.
Ocasio-Cortez is one of the Democratic Party’s highest-profile progressives. After entering the House in 2019, the lawmaker has worked to push the party to the left and has openly criticized Democratic leaders such as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
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Ocasio-Cortez also was the center of speculation in 2021 when she declined to say whether she would run a primary challenge against Schumer in 2022 when his seat was up for reelection. Ocasio-Cortez ultimately did not run against Schumer.
