Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) raised nearly $10 million in the first quarter of 2025, marking her strongest quarter ever, according to her campaign.
Ocasio-Cortez’s team said she raised more than $9.5 million from 260,000 individual donors, with an average donation of $21. The progressive congresswoman enters the second quarter with $8.2 million cash on hand.
The staggering off-year fundraising haul comes as speculation continues to build around her future as a leader within the Democratic Party as the party finds its footing following Republican gains last year. Ocasio-Cortez has repeatedly been floated as a potential primary challenger for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), but she has given no indication she will do so.
Ocasio-Cortez has spent much of the first three months of the second Trump administration drawing large crowds at rallies across the country along with progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Over the weekend, Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders drew crowds of tens of thousands at rallies in Salt Lake City and Los Angeles.
According to a CNN poll released last month, 10 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents named Ocasio-Cortez as one person “who “best reflects the core values of the Democratic Party," while 9 percent pointed to former Vice President Kamala Harris. Another 8 percent named Sanders, and 6 percent said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).
