Upper West Side Assemblyman Micah Lasher wants to fight President Donald Trump in Congress with creative legislating.

“I’ve been one of, if not the, legislature’s leaders on legislation to fight back against Trump,” Lasher said.

What You Need To Know

There are currently nine Democrats in the crowded primary for New York’s 12th congressional district, covering much of central Manhattan

 They include state assemblymen, a city council member, the grandson of JFK, attorneys, a gun control advocate and a nonprofit founder

Longtime incumbent Rep. Jerry Nadler, the dean of Jewish lawmakers in Congress, announced that’s he’s retiring earlier this year

Meanwhile, Upper East Side assemblyman Alex Bores wants to fight Trump in Congress, regulating Big Tech and social media.

“We need leaders that understand the way tech is reshaping power,” Bores said.

Jack Schlossberg from the Kennedy clan wants to use social media to fight Trump in Congress.

“News flah! Republicans are lying!” Schlossberg says in a social media video.

They are all running for New York’s 12th congressional district, anchored in the heart of Manhattan.

There are currently nine Democrats in the crowded primary, including attorneys, a gun control advocate and a nonprofit founder.

Longtime incumbent Rep. Jerry Nadler, the dean of Jewish lawmakers in Congress, announced that’s he’s retiring earlier this year.

He has yet to make an endorsement, but Lasher is Nadler’s protégé.

“My first role in government was with his office,” Lasher said.

The candidates NY1 interviewed all say they are running to refresh the voice of Democratic Party politics.

“I also bring to the table a fighting spirit and a strategic creativity that I believe is what Democrats need in this moment to effectively fight back against Trump,” Lasher said.

“We want a new generation of 24/7, seven day a week energy to the job, and that’s the kind of energy I bring to my current role at the City Council,” West Side City Councilman Erik Bottcher said after becoming the latest to announce his candidacy Friday.

Schlossberg, who posts about his grandfather, former President John F. Kennedy, uses social media to push a Democratic message, sometimes irreverently.

“It’s as important as the substance of what you’re saying is how you package it. Democrats should be, and have been, more successful doing this, but more creative and doing risks,” Schlossberg said on an interview on MSNBC.

Opponents like Bores, who worked in tech before politics, saw it differently.

“With Schlossberg, he’s been posting on social media, I’ve been legislating about it. I think this district will look for someone with real results,” Bores said.

And former Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have lost the mayoral election, but he performed well within the neighborhoods that make up District 12. However, Cuomo’s spokesman Rich Azzopardi dismissed any rumor Cuomo was interested in running for Congress.