Life As A Young Woman Candidate: Fending Off 'Older Men' And Being An Outsider
This year's wave of women candidates could reshape a Congress that is overwhelmingly old and male. But those women face multiple hurdles, from doubts to being hit on by voters
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez's has electrified Democratic party activists not only by pulling off a major political upset in New York's 14th District primary this week, but with her progressive politics, working class roots, and status as a Latina.
And in the flood of media attention following her win, another fact about Ocasio Cortes tends to get mentioned early and often: her age.
There's good reason for that: Ocasio Cortez is 28. If she's elected in November — and in her reliably Democratic district, there's a good chance in 2014.
