{"id":126477,"date":"2026-02-07T23:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T23:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/126477\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T23:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T23:08:09","slug":"nancy-pelosi-endorses-jack-schlossberg-for-new-york-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/126477\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi endorses Jack Schlossberg for New York seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/15\/us-news\/jack-schlossberg-congress-run-slammed-by-democrats\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">endorse Jack Schlossberg<\/a> in a crowded primary to represent a Manhattan district in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Pelosi statement obtained by The Post and prepared by the New York Democrat\u2019s campaign, Pelosi, 85, plans to highlight Schlossberg\u2019s \u201cpassion for solving problems \u2013 particularly his ability to engage and inspire young people \u2013 and said there is incredible excitement around his candidacy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38420807\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/answers-reporters-questions-classified-hearing-118483848.jpg\" alt=\"Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaking to reporters.\" class=\"wp-image-38420807\"  \/> Andrew Thomas \u2013 CNP\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>She also touted his \u201cpolicy chops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 12th District seat, which stretches from Union Square to the Upper West Side and Upper East Side, opened up after Rep. Jerold Nadler, 78, announced his retirement after more than three decades in Congress. <\/p>\n<p>Schlossberg, 32, the grandson of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/01\/us-news\/jfk-assassination-film-held-by-feds-could-be-worth-900m-and-could-prove-2nd-shooter-on-grassy-knoll\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">President John F. Kennedy<\/a>, has never held elected office, but Pelosi served with several of his relatives: the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), and former Reps. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.), and Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-Mass.).<\/p>\n<p>Schlossberg, a political commentator, spoke at the Democratic National Convention. His parents are former US ambassador to Japan and Australia Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38420811\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jack-schlossberg-arrives-jfk-library-115249710.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Schlossberg smiles at the JFK Library in Boston.\" class=\"wp-image-38420811\"  \/> AP<\/p>\n<p>The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/12\/us-news\/white-house-slams-jfk-grandson-jack-schlossbergs-ridiculous-campaign-launch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">slammed his <\/a>criticism of his cousin, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. after Schlossberg called him a \u201crabid dog.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also been branded a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/14\/lifestyle\/post-reporter-spends-day-in-cushy-life-of-jack-schlossberg-politics-newest-and-work-shy-nepo-baby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nepo bady<\/a> after launching his run. His family<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/14\/lifestyle\/post-reporter-spends-day-in-cushy-life-of-jack-schlossberg-politics-newest-and-work-shy-nepo-baby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> suffered tragedy in late December <\/a>when Schlossberg\u2019s sister Tatiana died at just 35 from leukemia.<\/p>\n<p>The open-seat has drawn a bevy of contenders, including George Conway, a former Republican who is divorced from former Trump White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, former journalist Jami Floyd, and state Assemblyman Micah Lasher. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is set to endorse Jack Schlossberg in a crowded primary to represent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[13660,13289,9,56,63,65,64,87,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-126477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-kennedys","9":"tag-nancy-pelosi","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-ny","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-nyc-headlines","14":"tag-nyc-news","15":"tag-politics","16":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}