Ayanna Pressley, Dem backed by Ocasio-Cortez, upsets Rep. Capuano in Massachusetts

Ayanna Pressley, Dem backed by Ocasio-Cortez, upsets Rep. Capuano in Massachusetts House primary

By Samuel Chamberlain | Fox News

Boston city councilor Ayanna Pressley unseated 10-term U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano in a Democratic primary Tuesday in the latest shakeup of the House Democratic caucus by a far-left challenger.

Capuano conceded defeat to Pressley in the race to represent Massachusetts' 7th District. Pressley, who will not face a Republican challenger in November, becomes the first African-American woman elected to Congress from the Commonwealth.

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