- 竞争激烈选区的民主党候选人纷纷与奥卡西奥-科特兹保持距离，而像阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德这样的候选人则欢迎她的支持
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前卡玛拉·哈里斯顾问、“真实迈克”创始人迈克·内利斯接受了福克斯新闻数字频道的采访，谈及众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科特兹飙升的政治影响力。
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纽约州民主党众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科特兹正迅速成为2026年中期选举的核心标志性人物，同时也是一位极具争议性的人物。
据Axios网站本周报道，一些温和派候选人正在回避这位进步派新星的背书，而其他处于激烈选战中的候选人则热烈欢迎她的支持。
几位接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访的民主党战略家表示，左翼部分人士与她保持距离并不令人意外。
“这并不特别令人惊讶，她在独立选民中的支持率并不总是很高，这很大程度上取决于你想在何种背景下部署这样一位候选人，而且很多美国人对她已经有了既定印象——有时是正面的，有时是负面的，”前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯的前政治顾问迈克·内利斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“我总是鼓励大家，做你必须做的事，因为联合派政治很难搞。”
民主党挑战迈克·劳勒的候选人不愿承诺与奥卡西奥-科特兹、马达尼同台竞选，或拒绝与民主社会主义者合作
纽约州民主党众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科特兹已成为左翼的领军人物，也是民主党2028年总统竞选的潜在竞争者。(德鲁·安格莱尔/盖蒂图片社)
至少有两位候选人认为这位“国会进步党团”创始成员更像是个累赘。
哈桑·皮克称他“绝对”会在2028年为奥卡西奥-科特兹助选，而埃尔赛义德则与其划清界限
正在争取推翻纽约州共和党众议员迈克·劳勒席位的凯特·康利在接受美国有线电视新闻网《国情咨文》节目采访时，被问及是否会与她或纽约市长佐赫兰·马达尼这样的民主社会主义者同台竞选，她回答说：“我没问题。”
截至发稿时，康利的竞选团队未回复福克斯新闻数字频道的置评请求。
据报道，蒙大拿州的萨姆·福斯塔格已从其竞选网站上删除了所有提及奥卡西奥-科特兹背书的内容。他告诉Axios：“在接下来的40天里，我不打算让很多外地人来为我助选。”
福斯塔格的竞选团队同样未回复福克斯新闻数字频道的多次邮件置评请求。
詹姆斯·卡维尔预测2028年民主党初选将考验党内社会主义翼派的真正实力
“在选举的最后几天，你希望传达的信息具体、接地气且易于重复，而全国性名人对此并无帮助，”一位参与众议院和参议院竞选的资深民主党战略家告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
这位要求匿名以便畅所欲言的战略家表示，与其他大多数2028年民主党总统潜在竞争者相比，“奥卡西奥-科特兹更像一位名人”。“我认为奥卡西奥-科特兹是少数几位真正进入大众文化讨论范畴的民主党人之一，这使得她的到访会引发更多热议。”
而这位名人的影响力也被用于其他关键选战。今年7月，奥卡西奥-科特兹与进步派旗手伯尼·桑德斯参议员共同为左翼候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德举办了三场集会，几周后密歇根州民主党参议院初选拉开帷幕，该州是关键摇摆州。
埃尔赛义德最终以微弱优势击败温和派候选人、密歇根州民主党众议员黑利·史蒂文斯，这场提名战凸显了左翼与中间派在民主党意识形态未来方向上的持续较量。
尽管奥卡西奥-科特兹自8月初初选以来尚未重返密歇根州，但埃尔赛义德的竞选团队表示，欢迎她再次回到竞选活动中。
“有很多密歇根州民众迫不及待地希望奥卡西奥-科特兹再次回来，”埃尔赛义德竞选团队的通讯主任罗克西·里奇纳告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
奥卡西奥-科特兹背书佛罗里达州民主党人安吉·尼克松参选参议员：“我很自豪能为她背书”
埃尔赛义德和前密歇根州共和党众议员迈克·罗杰斯正在角逐接替密歇根州民主党参议员加里·彼得斯的席位。这场中期决战对民主党至关重要，因为他们正试图从共和党手中夺回参议院多数席位。
奥卡西奥-科特兹最近也现身佛罗里达州，与极左翼参议院候选人安吉·尼克松一同亮相，尼克松正在以弱势候选人身份挑战佛罗里达州参议员阿什利·穆迪。
在佛罗里达州获胜的希望渺茫，但奥卡西奥-科特兹的竞选行程正值外界对其未来政治计划的猜测愈演愈烈之际。
这位民主社会主义者被广泛视为参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默卸任后的潜在继任者。但也有传言称她可能会在2028年竞选总统——对此奥卡西奥-科特兹既未证实也未否认。
“我认为她是一位独特的政治人才。显然，全国有一大批人会支持她，而这正是组建总统竞选团队所需的基础。所以我认为她如果不考虑参选才是愚蠢的，”内利斯说，“但与此同时，你知道，你是选择5%的几率成为民主党总统候选人……还是选择远超50%的几率成为下一任纽约州联邦参议员？如果我是她的顾问，我可能会建议她竞选参议员。”
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Democrats split on AOC as some battleground candidates distance themselves from ‘Squad’ lawmaker
Candidates in competitive races are distancing themselves from AOC while others like Abdul El-Sayed welcome her support
September 30, 2026 9:49am EDT / Fox News
Former Kamala Harris advisor and founder of Authentic Mike Nellis spoke with Fox News Digital about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s skyrocketing political profile.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is fast becoming a central figurehead in the 2026 midterm election cycle, and a polarizing one at that.
Some moderate candidates are shunning the progressive rising star’s endorsement, Axios reported this week, while others in tight races are welcoming her with open arms.
Several Democratic strategists who spoke with Fox News Digital said they were not shocked that some on the left are keeping her at arm’s length.
“It wasn’t especially surprising, like, her numbers with independent voters aren’t always great, and it’s very circumstantial depending upon where you would want to deploy somebody with that type of background and somebody who, you know, a lot of Americans have an impression of already — sometimes positive, sometimes negative,” Mike Nellis, a former political advisor for former Vice President Kamala Harris, told Fox News Digital. “I always just encourage people, like, you do what you gotta do, cause it’s hard to play coalition politics.”
DEMOCRAT CHALLENGING MIKE LAWLER WON’T COMMIT ON CAMPAIGNING WITH AOC, MAMDANI OR REJECTING DSA
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has emerged as a leading figure on the left and a potential contender in the Democratic Party’s 2028 presidential conversation.(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
And there are at least two candidates who appear to think the original “Squad” member is more of a liability.
HASAN PIKER SAYS HE’D ‘ABSOLUTELY’ CAMPAIGN FOR AOC IN 2028 AS EL-SAYED DISTANCES HIMSELF
Cait Conley, who is running to unseat Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., in a district near Ocasio-Cortez’s, told CNN’s “State of the Union,” “I’m good” when asked if she would campaign with Democratic socialists like her or New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Conley’s campaign did not return a request for comment by Fox News Digital by publication time.
And Sam Forstag in Montana reportedly removed all mention of Ocasio-Cortez’s endorsement from his campaign website. He told Axios, “I don’t intend to be having a lot of folks from out of state campaigning with me over these next 40 days.”
Forstag’s campaign did not return multiple emailed requests for comment by Fox News Digital.
JAMES CARVILLE PREDICTS 2028 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY WILL TEST TRUE STRENGTH OF PARTY’S SOCIALIST WING
“In the final days leading up to an election, you want to make your message specific and local and repeatable and national celebrities just don’t help with that,” a veteran Democratic strategist who works on House and Senate campaigns told Fox News Digital.
Sam Forstag is running as a Democrat for a seat in one of Montana’s two U.S. House districts.(Sam for Montana)
The strategist, who asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely, said “AOC is more of a celebrity” than most of the other potential 2028 Democratic presidential contenders. “I think AOC is one of the few Democrats who has transcended to just culture generally, which makes her visits heavier in the discourse.”
And that celebrity status is being used in other key races. Ocasio-Cortez joined forces with fellow progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders to headline a trio of rallies for left-wing candidate Abdul El-Sayed in July, a couple of weeks before the Democratic Senate primary in the key battleground state of Michigan.
El-Sayed ended up narrowly edging more moderate Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., in a nomination battle that highlighted the ongoing battle between the left and the center for the ideological future of the Democratic Party.
While Ocasio-Cortez has yet to return to Michigan since the early August primary, El-Sayed’s campaign says they’d welcome her return to the campaign trail.
“There are a lot of Michiganders who can’t wait to have AOC back in town,” El-Sayed campaign communications director Roxie Richner told Fox News Digital.
AOC BACKS FLORIDA DEM ANGIE NIXON FOR US SENATE: ‘I’M PROUD TO ENDORSE HER’
El-Sayed and former House Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., are facing off in the race to succeed Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich. The midterm showdown is a must-hold for the Democrats as they try to win back the Senate majority from the Republicans.
Ocasio-Cortez also appeared in Florida recently alongside far-left Senate candidate Angie Nixon, who is running an underdog campaign against Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla.
A Democratic victory there is a long shot, but Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign trail travels come as speculation mounts about her own future political plans.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon, speaks during a visit to the Ball and Chain Cuban restaurant/nightclub as she campaigns in the Little Havana neighborhood on Aug. 29, 2026 in Miami, Fla.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The Democratic socialist is widely seen as a potential successor to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., when he is through in the upper chamber. But there’s also buzz about a potential 2028 presidential campaign — something Ocasio-Cortez has not confirmed nor denied.
“I think she’s a unique political talent. She’s clearly got, like, a large group of people in the country who would get behind her, and those are the beginnings of what you need to build an operation to run for president. So I think she’d be stupid not to think about it,” Nellis said. “At the same time, you know, do you take a 5% chance of being the Democratic nominee… or do you take like a much better than 50-50 chance of being the next United States senator from New York? If it were me advising her, I’d probably tell her to run for Senate.”
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Fox News Digital reached out to Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign for comment on the Axios report.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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