Too bad the Democrats can’t rig Congressional primaries the way they rig Presidential primaries.
New York State has an odd way of putting certain candidates on multiple lines when they are running for a particular office. Ocasio-Cortez is on the Democratic party line, but there is a third-party line, the Working Families Party, on which Joe Crowley is still listed. Crowley has never endorsed Ocasio-Cortez, so he is still officially running.
By making the distinction in a very intensive campaign, Crowley could still be elected, and resume his position as incumbent. But this time, he is fighting the Soros money machine.
Perhaps they did. The Left faction is taking over the Party. The Leninists hold much of the power and ability to promote candidates,