Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tests Positive For COVID-19 Before Congress Leaves Capitol Hill

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tests Positive For COVID-19 Before Congress Leaves Capitol Hill

The New York congresswoman said she is open to traveling to Florida to campaign while actively battling the virus.

Payton Anderson
Payton Anderson
September 16, 2026

Lawmakers are set to leave Capitol Hill this week and hit the campaign trail in full force ahead of the November midterm elections, but Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) may be bringing a COVID-19 diagnosis to Florida.

In an interview with The Floridian and Texas Politics, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez said she is currently battling COVID-19 while sporting a mask.

In the same interview, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez said she is heading to Florida after this week to tout the Democratic Party’s focus on universal healthcare policies alongside fellow progressive Congressional nominees.

“We need to be talking about healthcare and wages,” Rep. Ocasio-Cortez said. “And they [Republicans] want to be swinging a lot of racially, wrong and bigoted things back and forth because they want us talking about that.”

Payton Anderson

Payton Anderson

Payton Anderson is a reporter for Texas Politics based in Washington, D.C., where she's pursuing her bachelor's degree in journalism at American University. Originally from California, Payton's reporting experience spans all avenues of digital and multimedia publishing. In her free time, she enjoys playing soccer and being outdoors.

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