AOC hauls in behemoth $9.6M cash during first-quarter fundraising

“Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raked successful an eye-watering $9.6 cardinal during nan first 4th of this year, shattering her ain individual record, according to campaign finance disclosures.

For context, nan adjacent highest quarterly haul Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) raked successful was conscionable complete $4.4 million successful 2020, per a reappraisal of her run finance records by The Post.

“AOC had her strongest ever quarter, raising complete $9.5m from 266k individual donors for an mean of conscionable $21,” Ocasio-Cortez’s elder advisor Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben claimed connected X.

“AOC doesn’t return a dollar from lobbyists aliases firm PACS. Our apical philanthropist professions are teachers and nurses. 64% were first-time contributors.”

Typically, nan Bronx and Queens rep tends to notch a unsmooth mean betwixt $1-2 cardinal connected nan fundraising circuit each quarter, her filings show.

By nan extremity of past quarter, which ended connected March 31, Ocasio-Cortez vanished up pinch astir $8.3 rate connected hand, a staggering magnitude for a rank-and-file congresswoman successful nan off-year season, Federal Election Commission records show.

The Empire State rep’s monster purse represents astir a 4th of what nan charismatic House Republican run arm, nan National Republican Congressional Committee, pulled successful during nan first quarter: $36.7 million.

Data from nan charismatic House Democratic campaign, nan Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, hasn’t yet been released.

Over caller weeks, Ocasio-Cortez has embarked connected a “Fighting Oligarchy” circuit crossed nan state pinch Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), including successful traditionally Republican stronghold districts — moreover flying first-class to one, as The Post exclusively revealed.

The self-described antiauthoritarian socialist duo has attracted throngs of attendees astatine their rallies successful which they’ve worked to whip up progressive power against President Trump.

“Now I want to opportunity a connection astir my daughter,” Sanders quipped astir AOC during a rally successful Utah connected Sunday.

The progressive darling has garnered speculation astir vying for nan Senate aliases nan presidency successful 2028.

Last month, she divided pinch Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) complete his determination not to artifact a GOP-backed scheme to avert a authorities shutdown.

“I judge that’s a tremendous mistake,” she groused to CNN astir Schumer’s decision. “This turns nan national authorities into a slush money for Donald Trump and Elon Musk.”

“It sacrifices legislature authority, and it is profoundly partisan.”

Sparse polling suggests that she’d beryllium very competitory against Schumer successful a hypothetical matchup, a situation she declined to equine successful 2022. A Data for Progress canvass recovered her starring Schumer 55% to 36% successful a primary.

At 35, she would besides beryllium constitutionally eligible to activity nan presidency successful 2028.

Ocasio-Cortez has been coy astir her early aspirations.