in the 2018 midterms, sanders supported many progressive candidates. a few of the people he endorsed ended up winning their primaries. for example, in an upset that surprised many people, including the candidate herself, alexandria ocasio-cortez beat the incumbent joseph crowley for united states representative in new york city. benjamin jealous became the democratic nominee for governor of maryland. ironworker randy bryce and former chicago mayoral candidate chuy garcía ran for united states representative in wisconsin and illinois respectively, and tallahassee mayor andrew gillum won the democratic party's nomination for governor of florida. despite winning their primaries, only ocasio-cortez and garcía won their respective general elections.