Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has backed off a potential Democratic primary challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in 2024 — just one month after refusing to rule out the possibility.
The Bronx and Queens lawmaker, 33, is “not planning” to try to unseat Gillibrand, her campaign spokeswoman told The Post on Monday.that AOC’s fellow left-wing Empire State reps Jamaal Bowman and Ritchie Torres are also taking a pass on a Senate bid, as is former Hudson Valley Rep. Mondaire Jones.
Hazel Dukes, president of the New York chapter of the NAACP, told The Post Monday that the senator deserved an “A-plus” for her work in Congress. Manhattan Democratic Party leader Keith Wright has also backed Gillibrand, who is serving her second full term in the Senate after being appointed by then-Gov. David Paterson to fill a vacancy left by Hillary Clinton in 2009.
Gillibrand won re-election over Republican Chele Farley by a two-to-one margin in 2018, but she may find the going tougher in 2024.
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