Loading ...In Latest Shock Upset, Democrat Backed By Ocasio-Cortez Topples 10-Term Incumbent In Boston Primary
This is starting to look like a trend.
Ayanna Pressley, a former staffer for John Kerry the first black woman to serve on the Boston City Council, has now become the second female, far-left woman of color to oust a member of the Democratic firmament in an upset primary victory that echoed Bronx “native” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s June waxing of Queens Rep. Joe Crowley – the No. 4 House Dem who was once rumored to be in line to succeed Nancy Pelosi. On Tuesday night, Pressley defeated 10-term Massachusetts Rep. Michael Capuano to win the Democratic nomination to represent Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District – surging ahead to claim victory despite her opponent’s double-digit lead in the polls.