Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Key Figures

Republican Matt Van Epps defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn 53.9% to 45.1% in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District special election on December 2, 2025. The roughly 9-point margin was far narrower than Trump's 22-point and Mark Green's 21-point margins in 2024, signaling Democratic overperformance in a reliably red district. Conservative PACs spent over $1.7 million targeting Behn. Speaker Johnson campaigned with Van Epps; Behn was endorsed by Ocasio-Cortez and Kamala Harris.

On Nov. 12, 2025, a House discharge petition reached 218 signatures — 214 from Democrats and four from Republicans — forcing a floor vote to release remaining Jeffrey Epstein files. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) then publicly blamed Democratic leadership for blocking his earlier unanimous-consent request to release the records, even though Democrats supplied the votes that forced the vote. The episode exposed partisan contradictions: Democrats demanded release through procedural pressure while Republicans accused them of grandstanding.

An estimated seven million people participated in No Kings protests across hundreds of American cities on October 18, 2025, making it one of the largest single-day demonstrations in U.S. history. Protesters opposed what organizers described as authoritarian overreach by the Trump administration, including immigration crackdowns, federal fund freezes targeting Democratic states, and executive branch attacks on independent institutions. Rallies were coordinated by a decentralized coalition of civic groups, labor unions, and Democratic elected officials.

AIPAC's United Democracy Project spent $14.5 million to defeat Rep. Jamaal Bowman in the June 25, 2024, Democratic primary in New York's 16th District, the most any single group had ever spent on a House race. Westchester County Executive George Latimer defeated Bowman 58% to 42%. Combined outside spending from UDP, Democratic Majority for Israel, and FairShake super PAC topped $18 million, making it the most expensive House primary in U.S. history at the time.

On November 7, 2021, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) posts an edited anime video on Twitter and Instagram depicting him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) with swords and attacking President Biden. The video, edited from the anime series "Attack on Titan," shows a character with Gosar's face slashing a giant figure with Ocasio-Cortez's face superimposed on it, then swinging two swords at a giant with Biden's face. Gosar's caption reads: "Any anime fans out there?" Ocasio-Cortez says: "This is not a coincidence. This is using his official resources to target a member of Congress." Gosar deletes the posts on November 9 after bipartisan condemnation. House Republican leadership — Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy — refuses to discipline Gosar. On November 17, 2021, the House votes 223-207 to formally censure Gosar and strip him of his two committee assignments — only the 24th censure in House history. Only Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) vote with Democrats. Gosar is unrepentant; he reposts the video within hours of the censure vote.