The 36-year-old New York representative and one of the country’s most prominent democratic socialists renewed her membership in the group’s national organization after reports emerged earlier this month that it had lapsed. Ocasio-Cortez initially joined the group in 2018.
In a statement on Tuesday night, the DSA announced: “Democratic Socialists of America confirms Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a member in good standing of our organization, having recently rejoined in August 2026,” according to a report in City & State New York.
It added: “Previously, the representative joined DSA in 2018 with a one-year membership, which DSA’s national leadership recently noticed had lapsed, in 2019. She has since renewed her membership as of this month.”
The DSA said it decided to disclose Ocasio-Cortez’s membership details amid reports that she could run for president in the next election cycle.
I’ve seen members of the DSA speak against Russia’s invasion, so this is hardly a universal thing. There’s never going to be a party that does everything exactly as you want, so you just have to accept the next best option. The DSA has done a fairly good job aligning with my values. Obviously I disagree with this totally, and many other things, but they’re doing a lot of good things too, and significantly more compared to the DNC.
One thing you show as a positive, the disunity of the DSA, is also why they are less effective per member than democratic centralist organizations. It’s very difficult to steer a ship that wants to go in many different directions at the same time, it’s much more effective to democratically come to a consensus on where to go and agree to publicly uphold that consensus externally, than it is to have endless factionalism and outward instability.