on june 26, 2018, ocasio-cortez won 57.13% of the vote to joe crowley's 42.5%. "time" called her victory a big surprise during the 2018 elections. cnn made a similar comment. "the new york times" said crowley's shocking loss was "the [biggest] loss for a democratic incumbent in more than a decade." "the guardian" called it "one of the biggest upsets in recent american political history." crowley raised more money, $1.5 million, compared to ocasio-cortez's $83,000. merriam-webster said that searches for the word "socialism" went up 1,500% after she won. crowley accepted his loss but did not call ocasio-cortez that night to wish her good luck. many people thought he was going to run against her in the general election with a third party.