Candidate · U.S. House, District 14
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, New York's 14th District (since 2019)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative
Background
- U.S. representative for New York's 14th District since January 3, 2019. source: en.wikipedia.org
- B.A. in international relations and economics, Boston University (2011). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Born in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Before Congress, worked as an educational director for the National Hispanic Institute, founded Brook Avenue Press, and worked as a bartender and waitress; was an organizer for the 2016 Bernie Sanders presidential campaign. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Serves on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (since 2025). source: en.wikipedia.org
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