Ocasio-Cortez, her team and allies are clear-eyed about the math and the narrative perils. Hours after her own win, Ocasio-Cortez quoted Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley and called on supporters to "vote her in next." There were more, headlined by the 33-year-old doctor from Michigan: El-Sayed. Her father, Richard Whitmer, was the president and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan from 1988 to 2006. In Ypsilanti on Sunday, inside the packed and sweltering Brown Chapel AME Church, that less traditional Democratic woman, Ocasio-Cortez, was greeted -- again -- with rapturous applause.

Source: CNN August 02, 2018 10:07 UTC