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The No. 4 Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, 10-term incumbent Joseph Crowley, lost his bid for another term on Tuesday to a 28-year-old democratic socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Crowley — the No. 4-ranking Democrat in the House — lost to the 28-year-old challenger and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York City's Bronx and Queens boroughs.
With 82 percent of the vote reported, Ocasio-Cortez was up by 15 points. A Crowley loss would add fuel to the battle between the party's establishment wing, embodied by longtime House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, and a left-wing insurgency inspired by Bernie Sanders' presidential run in 2016.
Voters in seven U.S. states - Colorado, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah - were picking candidates on Tuesday for the midterm elections.
Democrats need to flip 23 of 435 seats to take over the House of Representatives, which would stymie much of Trump's agenda while opening up new avenues of investigation into his administration. They would have to get two seats to take the Senate, but face longer odds there, according to analysts.
Voters will pick Senate candidates in states including Utah and Maryland. Analysts say Democrats face a steep climb trying to take the Senate, where they are defending seats including Indiana, Montana and North Dakota that supported Trump two years ago.
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is expected to earn his party's Senate nomination in Utah, while Chelsea Manning, who served seven years in military prison for leaking classified data, is a long shot in Maryland's Democratic nominating contest against incumbent Senator Ben Cardin.
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