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Maya Yang

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejoins DSA after membership lapse of seven years

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on 13 February 2026. Photograph: Liesa Johannssen/Reuters

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has rejoined the Democratic Socialists of America after not renewing her membership for seven years, amid speculation that she might run for president in 2028.

The 36-year-old New York representative and one of the country’s most prominent democratic socialists renewed her membership in the group’s national organization after reports emerged earlier this month that it had lapsed. Ocasio-Cortez initially joined the group in 2018.

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