Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) already has more money in the bank than Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) — $5.4 million to the senator’s $4.3 million. In a party primary for Gillibrand’s Senate seat, she could probably raise an overwhelming amount from left-wing donors across the country and outspend the senator. And in such a primary, the two would be competing for the votes of some of the furthest-left Democrats in America, which is natural territory for Ocasio-Cortez.

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