AOC’s $15.4M campaign donations lead US House — but she’s dumping dough into ads barely targeting own NYC district

Published July 19, 2025

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 quotes Jacob Neiheisel in an article about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' $15.4 million in campaign donations and complaints that she is not targeting her own district. “She is trading on her national profile to go where the dollars are,” said Neiheisel. “It’s become incredibly easy to pull dollars from all across the country. And there’s a lot of money in SoCal,” he added.

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