Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Background and career

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born October 13, 1989), also known as AOC, is an American politician and activist who has served since 2019 as the U.S. representative for New York's 14th congressional district. She is a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America. Ocasio-Cortez was first elected to Congress in 2018, drawing national attention after defeating Democratic Caucus chair and 10-term incumbent Joe Crowley in the Democratic primary election.

Education

Citizenship

citizen by birth in the United States.

Languages

Spanish

Religion

Catholic (self-reported in Pew survey of Congress)

Name history and family

Also known as: AOC · Counts reflect publicly documented information; a missing count means not documented, not zero.

Marital status: Not listed

Previously held offices

Not listed.

Campaign fundraising

Raised $15,299,236 in the 2024 cycle and $32,607,754 so far in the 2026 cycle (partial).

Top individual donors, 2024

13,504 other donors gave a total of $4,057,694.

10 donor rows withheld pending verification.

Top individual donors, 2026 (partial)

31,064 other donors gave a total of $10,154,155.

29 donor rows withheld pending verification.

PAC and party committee contributors over $5,000, 2024

Gross receipts from FEC filings, not net of refunds. Industry mappings are the directory's own classification; see methodology.

PAC and party committee contributors over $5,000, 2026 (partial)

Gross receipts from FEC filings, not net of refunds. Industry mappings are the directory's own classification; see methodology.

Outside money

2024

Independent expenditures by super PACs and other outside groups concerning the member. A committee name links to its page here, with its contributors and every member it spent for or against.

Leadership PAC: COURAGE TO CHANGE. No donors met the reporting thresholds.

Joint fundraising committee PROGRESSIVE VOICES FOR PEACE: $62,053 allocated to the member across 2 transfers.

Joint fundraising committee THE SQUAD VICTORY FUND: $58,000 allocated to the member across 9 transfers.

2026 (partial)

Independent expenditures by super PACs and other outside groups concerning the member. A committee name links to its page here, with its contributors and every member it spent for or against.

Leadership PAC: COURAGE TO CHANGE. No donors met the reporting thresholds.

Joint fundraising committee THE SQUAD VICTORY FUND: $91,000 allocated to the member across 6 transfers.

Independent expenditures are reported to the FEC by the spending committee, not the member's campaign. A committee is marked single-candidate when 80% or more of its cycle independent-expenditure dollars concern one candidate. Donors are named only at $50,000 or more to a super PAC or joint fundraising committee. For leadership PACs, individuals are named at $50,000 or more; organizations and PACs at $5,000 or more. The 2026 cycle is still in progress.

Amounts are each donor's net total of itemized contributions across the cycle (primary, general, and runoff elections combined), after subtracting refunds, not single gifts. Receipts marked as received in error, returned, or refunded are excluded, and refunds to the donor are subtracted. Joint-fundraising shares are included: the member committee's itemized share of joint-fundraising proceeds (FEC transaction type 15J) counts toward the donor's total, while the joint fundraising committee's own transfers are not counted separately. Donors are named only when their net cycle total is $1,000 or more; smaller donors appear only in the aggregate count and total below each table. Where a returned receipt of $10,000 or more affects a total, it is noted below the table. Lists cover itemized individual gifts to the member's principal campaign committee only. Employer and occupation are self-reported. The 2026 cycle is still in progress.

Donor figures are net of refunds from the FEC individual-contribution bulk files (2024 and 2026 cycles, each itemization taken at its latest amended version before any exclusion), rebuilt and reconciled row by row against the previous release on 2026-10-02; see methodology for the method and the reconciliation counts.

Money and finances

Estimated net worth

-$32,996 to $65,999 (Amendment Report for CY 2025 (filed 08/07/2026)). Earliest on record (2020): $0. disclosure

Estimates are summed from ranges reported on financial disclosures, so they are approximate. Ranges are wide by design.

Stock trades (last 12 months)

0 trades, estimated volume No trades. As of 2026-09-26. Quiver

STOCK Act disclosures cover the member, spouse, and dependent children, and report amounts as ranges, so volumes are estimates. Null records mean data was not retrieved, never zero trades.

Top assets

Earmark requests (FY2026)

Total requested: $31,989,527

Requests are not necessarily funded. Amounts shown are requested, not awarded.

Influence in Congress

Legislative effectiveness

0.28 on the 118th Legislative Effectiveness Score (House). thelawmakers.org

Bipartisanship

Lugar Bipartisan Index: -2.08, ranked #435 (118th (first session, 2023)) Lugar Center

Ideology

DW-NOMINATE first dimension: -0.333 (liberal end of the scale), chamber rank #144 of the 119th Congress. Voteview

Interest group ratings

Bills enacted

0 sponsored bills enacted into law in the 119th Congress.

2026 election

District lean

Cook Partisan Voting Index (2025): D+19. Last election margin: 38.4 points (2024). Cook PVI

2026 election

No notable challenger declared.

Notable family

Notable relatives found through systematic public-records searches (~2 queries per member). Absence of a listing means nothing notable was found under this methodology, not that no notable family exists.

Voting record (2026)

314 roll-call votes in 2026 · missed 4.1% · party unity 94.7

Legislation

Sponsored 11 bills and cosponsored 376 bills in the 119th Congress.

Latest statements

• Ocasio-Cortez, Markey Reintroduce Civilian Climate Corps for Jobs and Justice to Rebuild America September 24, 2026
  Bill Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) Issues : Climate Read More
• Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley, Bera, Senators Murray, Hirono, Cortez Masto, Reintroduce Bill to Expand Coverage of Birth Control in America September 24, 2026
  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) , Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) , Ami Bera (CA-06) , and U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) , Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Catherine Cort
• Ocasio-Cortez Secures $351 Million for Flood Prevention in The Bronx and Queens September 17, 2026
  Funding is a $161 million increase from the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 Issues : Climate Read More
• Ocasio-Cortez, Warren, Hoyle, Wyden, Merkley, Subramanyam Introduce Bill to Ban the Corporate Practice of Medicine September 16, 2026
  The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would ban corporations and private equity from owning physicians. The bill is modeled on the landmark Oregon law that physicians have already used to suc
• Ocasio-Cortez on Opposition to the BUSES Act: “What I am requesting is for us to preserve our freedom to protect our children. If you want to do this to your kids, that's your business. But I will not September 2, 2026
  WATCH HERE Washington, D.C. - Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) strongly opposed a bill at an Energy and Commerce Full Committee Markup that would prevent policies or enforcement

Latest official press releases and statements from the member's official site. This section requires periodic refresh; always check the source site for the newest items.

Social following

Office total: 1.3M · Personal total: 22.5M · Combined: 23.7M

Collected 2026-09-29. Office accounts are the member's official congressional accounts; personal accounts are their own campaign/personal accounts. Totals sum only accounts with a retrieved count and are never zero-filled. X counts are approximate (logged-out page variance). A missing account means none was verified, not that none exists.

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

• Congressional Hispanic Caucus
• Congressional Progressive Caucus

Only documented caucus memberships are listed; memberships are never inferred.

Staff

Chief of staff

Michael A. Casca · (202) 225-3965

• Press Secretary/Digital Director at Sen. Bernie Sanders (10/01/15-01/15/16) source
• Deputy Communications Director at Senate Budget Committee (07/14/16-09/30/16) source
• Deputy Chief of Staff at Sen. Bernie Sanders (04/01/22-09/30/22) source

Communications director

Karla F. Santillan · (202) 225-3965

• Digital Press Secretary at Rep. Cori Bush source
• Communications Aide at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez source
• Intern at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez source

Staff data from House and Senate payroll filings; roles can change and filings can lag.

Offices

Washington, D.C. office

250 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3965

District/state offices

Connections

Connections are derived from documented public records: family ties, shared schools, shared employers, fraternities and sororities, and staff career histories. Committee ties are excluded here and shown on committee pages.

Official links

Official website · Wikipedia