Jack Schlossberg, the only grandson of late President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis, announced Tuesday night that he’s running for U.S. Congress.
The 32-year-old son of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg said he’s running for the New York City seat long held by U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-NY, who in September announced he will retire.
“I’m running for Congress to represent my home, New York’s 12th congressional district, where I was born and raised, where I took the bus to school every single day from one side of the district to the other,” Schlossberg said in a video announcing his candidacy.
“This is the best part of the greatest city on Earth,” he said.
In an email to supporters, Schlossberg, a Democrat, said that his campaign will officially launch on Wednesday.
Who is Jack Schlossberg?
Schlossberg completed undergraduate studies in history at Yale and received a law degree and master’s of business administration from Harvard. In July 2024, he joined Vogue as a political correspondent for that year’s presidential election.
He indicated his campaign will be about fighting against Trump’s policies.
Schlossberg’s politics fall within the family tradition of allegiance to the Democratic Party. He has developed an eccentric social media personality in which he often rails against President Donald Trump, Republicans in general and his first cousin-once-removed, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Schlossberg has been vocally critical of Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist.
Last month, he posted on Instagram an image of a Halloween costume for “MAHA Man,” in reference to Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again message and described it as including such things as measles.
New York’s 12th congressional district composes the geographical heart of Manhattan, including all of Central Park and most of the island north of Greenwhich Village and south of Harlem.
“We have the best hospitals and schools, restaurants and museums,” Schlossberg said in his statement Tuesday. “This is the financial and media capital of the world. This district should have a representative who can harness the creativity, energy and drive of this district and translate that into political power in Washington.”
Nadler, who is serving his 17th term in Congress, announced in September that he will not run for reelection next year, suggesting to The New York Times that a younger Democratic lawmaker in his seat “can maybe do better, can maybe help us more.”