Jessica Cisneros picks up endorsement from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Fresh off announcing a slate of endorsements from various District 28 officials and Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, Jessica Cisneros has announced another high-level endorsement from New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. less Fresh off announcing a slate of endorsements from various District 28 officials and Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, Jessica Cisneros has announced another high-level endorsement from New ... more Photo: Courtesy Photo: Courtesy Image 1 of / 45 Caption Close Jessica Cisneros picks up endorsement from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 1 / 45 Back to Gallery

Fresh off announcing a slate of endorsements from various District 28 officials and Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, Jessica Cisneros has announced another high-level endorsement from New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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“I'm honored to have the support of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as I work to bring strong representation to working families across South Texas,” Cisneros said in a statement. “Though the Bronx and South Texas are worlds apart, both deserve leaders who will stand up to big corporate interests to fight for a living wage and health care for every American.”

Ocasio-Cortez, known popularly as ‘AOC,’ defeated an entrenched incumbent Democrat in 2018 to become youngest woman ever to serve in U.S. Congress. Cisneros hopes to follow in her footsteps, competing against long-time incumbent Henry Cuellar for his seat in Congress. If elected, the 26-year-old immigration and human rights attorney would take the title of the youngest woman to serve in U.S. Congress from Ocasio-Cortez.

“The people of South Texas deserve a Democrat like Jessica who is going to fight for real people, not big corporate donors like the Koch Brothers, GEO Group, and Exxon. When Jessica is elected, not only will I no longer be the youngest person in Congress — I’ll have a strong new ally in the fight for Medicare for All, getting corporate money out of politics, and fixing our broken immigration system,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement.

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On the other side of the race, representative Cuellar has also picked up high-level support recently, with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Cheri Bustos, the head of House Democrats' campaign arm, recently pushing their support behind the incumbent at the Texas Tribune Festival held during September in Austin.