The city chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America will consider formally pushing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for US president in 2028 — with plans for her campaign to grow their lefty ranks.
The DSA will vote on a resolution at the group’s convention Saturday that asks member AOC to run with gushing language calling her one of the “most widely beloved members of the Democratic Party.”
DSA co-chairs Gustavo Gordillo and Grace Mausser signed the proposed resolution for Ocasio-Cortez, who is fresh off a reelection win in a deeply blue New York House district.
“AOC is one of the most recognizable figures in US politics, the most popular Democrat in Congress, and is one of the most widely beloved members of the Democratic Party alongside other democratic socialists like Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani,” states the resolution, obtained by The Post.
The proposal boasts that Ocasio-Cortez’s grassroots support has turned her into one of the most prolific fundraisers in American politics coming “almost entirely from small dollar donors.”
If members vote to pass the resolution it would not serve as an official endorsement, which could still come later if she decides to run.
An AOC candidacy will help grow DSA’s membership as well as advance its left-wing agenda, the resolution says.
“A winning presidential campaign creates enormous opportunity to deliver a democratic socialist agenda that puts working-class people back in control of their own lives,” it says.
“Mobilizing a mass campaign around an AOC 2028 presidential run will create an unprecedented chance for member recruitment and mobilization, direct engagement with voters, the promotion of our values, and the continued crafting of a platform that engages the working class,” the proposal states.
AOC has been openly testing the waters for a run for president or a Democratic Party primary for US Senate in New York as veteran Sen. Chuck Schumer is up for reelection.
Other DSA chapters across the country have also passed “Run, AOC, Run” resolutions, including in Los Angeles, Chicago, the Metro District of Columbia and Atlanta.
The NYC-DSA resolution also recommends a national referendum of all DSA members on whether to endorse Ocasio-Cortez for president in 2028, and said it would work with the national DSA and other local chapters on a coordinated campaign.
Ocasio-Cortez, 37, was first elected to Congress in 2018, after winning a Democratic Party primary against then-veteran Rep. Joe Crowley, also the Queens Democratic Party chairman.
Her victory in the Bronx-Queens 14th House District sent political shockwaves across the nation, signaling the ascendancy of the DSA.
She has worked closely with other democratic socialists, particularly Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
The DSA influence has only grown in New York and across the nation as its comrade Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoralty last year and Nithya Raman won the mayoralty of Los Angeles last week.
DSA-backed lawmakers serving in the New York State Legislature will double this year while more members are going to Congress, which will pressure moderate Democrats to support their “tax the rich” and anti-Israel agenda.
