Ocasio-Cortez paid a combined $27,293 to Justice Democrats and to what was effectively its predecessor, [[Brand New Congress|Brand New Congress LLC]], for administrative, staffing and overhead services from the time she declared her candidacy to her primary victory in 2018, according to [[FEC]] records. Ocasio-Cortez only began paying her staffers directly through her campaign cpmmittee beginning in March 2018, according to her campaign reports. | Ocasio-Cortez paid a combined $27,293 to Justice Democrats and to what was effectively its predecessor, [[Brand New Congress|Brand New Congress LLC]], for administrative, staffing and overhead services from the time she declared her candidacy to her primary victory in 2018, according to [[FEC]] records. Ocasio-Cortez only began paying her staffers directly through her campaign cpmmittee beginning in March 2018, according to her campaign reports. |