Chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America are pressing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for president in 2028. Groups in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and smaller cities have passed resolutions, and the Bread and Roses caucus voted to join that draft effort. National leaders also opened a path that could let the organization endorse a candidate in early 2027, before its summer convention.
Supporters describe a campaign as a way to take demands such as Medicare for All and a Green New Deal to a national audience, after Bernie Sanders’s runs and Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York. Other caucuses are wary. Some point to earlier disagreements over Israel and military aid, and they do not want the group tied to one politician.
Ocasio-Cortez has not announced a campaign. She has said she will decide after the midterms.