page_title: Joe Crowley
section_title: U.S. House of Representatives
hierarchical_section_title: Joe Crowley / Career / U.S. House of Representatives
caption_attribution_description: English: Congressman Joseph Crowley, President of the Freshmen House Democrats, leads a meeting with Vice President Gore and the Freshmen class. They are joined by outgoing class President Brian Baird (D-WA).
context_page_description: Joseph Crowley is an American politician and lobbyist who served as U.S. Representative from New York's 14th congressional district from 1999 to 2019. He was defeated by Democratic primary challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in what was viewed as one of the largest upsets of the 2018 midterm elections.
  During his tenure, Crowley served as Chair of the House Democratic Caucus from 2017 to 2019, as well as the local chairman of the Queens County Democratic Party from 2006 to 2019. He previously served in the New York State Assembly from 1987 to 1998. After leaving Congress, he joined the Washington, D.C., lobbying and law firm Squire Patton Boggs.
context_section_description: Democratic Congressman Thomas J. Manton retired from the Congress in 1999, having already filed for and circulated petitions for reelection. He withdrew on the last day it was legally possible to do so and arranged for Crowley, his chosen successor, to replace him on the ballot. Crowley wasn't aware of this until Manton phoned him to tell him his name would be on the general election ballot.
  Prior to redistricting for the 2012 election, Crowley represented the 7th District, which encompassed portions of Queens and the Bronx. It included neighborhoods such as Woodside, Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, and College Point, in Queens as well as the neighborhoods of Castle Hill, Co-op City, Parkchester, Throgs Neck, Morris Park, Pelham Parkway, Pelham Bay, Country Club, and City Island in the eastern Bronx.
  After 2013 Crowley represented New York's 14th congressional district, which includes the eastern Bronx and part of north-central Queens. The Queens portion includes the neighborhoods of Sunnyside, Astoria, College Point, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Corona and Woodside. The Bronx portion of the district includes the neighborhoods of Morris Park, Parkchester, Pelham Bay, and Throgs Neck as well as City Island.
  On June 26, 2018, Crowley was defeated in the Democratic primary by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
caption: Crowley with Vice President Al Gore in 1999
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