Former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera becomes latest primary challenger to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
WASHINGTON – Former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera added her name Tuesday to the list of candidates hoping to deny Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a second term.
Caruso-Cabrera, who worked for the financial news network for more than 20 years, is challenging Ocasio-Cortez in the Democratic primary June 23 for New York's 14th District. She filed her candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Monday, becoming Ocasio-Cortez's fifth Democratic challenger and 12th overall to file with the FEC.
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CNBC reported that Caruso-Cabrera has been a registered Democrat "for several years."
In her 2010 book, "You Know I'm Right: More Prosperity, Less Government," she described herself as a fiscal conservative and social liberal who was "part of a new and growing crowd of 'sort-of' Republicans." She said Ronald Reagan was her favorite president, followed by Bill Clinton.
"I am too fiscally responsible to want to reach out and hug the Democrats. Their social spending will keep the next several generations laden with debt," she wrote. "At the same time, I am too fiercely independent to embrace the Republican Party, because I want people to be free to make their choices about their personal lives."
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