Joe Crowley

Joseph Crowley (/ˈkraʊli/; born March 16, 1962) is an American politician. He was the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. He was Chair of the House Democratic Caucus from 2017 to 2019. He also was Chair of the Queens County Democratic Party from 2006 to 2019.^[1][2]

Joe Crowley
Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
In office January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019
Leader	Nancy Pelosi
Preceded by	Xavier Becerra
Succeeded by	Hakeem Jeffries
Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017
Leader	Nancy Pelosi
Preceded by	Xavier Becerra
Succeeded by	Linda Sánchez
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2019
Preceded by	Thomas J. Manton
Succeeded by	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Constituency	7th district (1999–2013) 14th district (2013–2019)
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 30th district
In office January 1, 1987 – December 31, 1998
Preceded by	Ralph Goldstein
Succeeded by	Margaret Markey
Personal details
Born	(1962-03-16) March 16, 1962 (age 63) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Kasey Nilson
Children	3
Education	Queens College, City University of New York (BA)

On June 26, 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated Crowley in the 2018 Democratic primary for his seat. Crowley’s unseen defeat is thought to be one of the biggest upsets in congressional history.^[3][4]

Until his defeat in June 2018, Crowley was seen by many as the replacement of Nancy Pelosi in the Democratic House leadership.^[4]

Election history

US House election, 2012: New York District 14 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Crowley	116,117
	Working Families	Joe Crowley	4,644
	Total	Joe Crowley (incumbent)	120,761	83.2
	Republican	William Gibbons	19,191
	Conservative	William Gibbons	2,564
	Total	William Gibbons	21,755	15.0
	Green	Anthony Gronowicz	2,570	1.8
	None	Blank/Void/Scattered	25,915
Total votes			145,086	100.00
	Democratic hold

US House election, 2014: New York District 14^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Crowley	45,370	67.34
	Working Families	Joe Crowley	4,982	7.39
	Total	Joe Crowley (incumbent)	50,352	74.74
	Conservative	Elizabeth Perri	6,735	10.00
	None	Blank/Void/Write-In	10,285	15.27
Total votes			67,372	100
	Democratic hold

U.S. House election, 2016: New York District 14^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Crowley	138,367	70.13%
	Working Families	Joe Crowley	7,317	3.71%
	Women's Equality	Joe Crowley	1,903	0.96%
	Total	Joe Crowley (incumbent)	147,587	74.80%
	Republican	Frank J. Spotorno	26,891	13.63%
	Conservative	Frank J. Spotorno	3,654	1.85%
	Total	Frank J. Spotorno	30,545	15.48%
	None	Blank/Void/Scattering	19,169	9.72%
Total votes			197,301	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	16,898	56.7
	Democratic	Joseph Crowley (incumbent)	12,880	43.3
Total votes			29,778	100.0

New York's 14th congressional district, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	110,318	78.2
	Republican	Anthony Pappas	19,202	13.6
	Working Families	Joseph Crowley	8,075	5.7
	Women's Equality	Joseph Crowley	1,273	0.9
	Total	Joseph Crowley (incumbent)	9,348	6.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Perri	2,254	1.6
Total votes			141,122	100.0
	Democratic hold