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Ariana Baio

AOC refuses to rule out run against Senate leader Chuck Schumer

Smiling woman with hands open as if about to clap and man standing nearby with his hands folded
Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the then-Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, outside the House of Representatives while speaking to members of the press on Capitol Hill on 3 August 2021 in Washington DC. Photograph: Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive Democratic congresswoman, has refused to rule out a potential run against the party’s Senate leader Chuck Schumer amid mounting speculation around her political ambitions.

When asked by the New York Times whether she would challenge Schumer in 2028, when his current term is up, Ocasio-Cortez declined to exclude the possibility – even if Democrats win back the Senate majority.

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