{"id":240157,"date":"2026-05-22T02:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T02:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/240157\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T02:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T02:30:25","slug":"who-will-replace-jerry-nadler-meet-the-six-candidates-w42st-readers-are-watching-in-ny-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/240157\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Will Replace Jerry Nadler? Meet the Six Candidates W42ST Readers are Watching in NY-12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the first time in more than three decades, Manhattan\u2019s 12th Congressional District is facing an open race.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NY-12-Candidates-SM.jpg\" alt=\"NY-12 Candidates Conway, Lasher, Schwalbe, Dunn, Schlossberg, Bores&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-143977\"\/>W42ST is focusing this reader survey on six candidates who have emerged as the most visible contenders in the Democratic primary: George Conway, Micah Lasher, Nina Schwalbe, Laura Dunn, Jack Schlossberg and Alex Bores. Photos: Phil O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congressman Jerry Nadler, who has represented the West Side of Manhattan in Washington DC since the early 1990s, is retiring \u2014 leaving behind one of the most closely watched Democratic primaries in New York. The district includes Hell\u2019s Kitchen, Chelsea, Midtown, the Upper West Side, the Upper East Side and other parts of central Manhattan, making the June 23 primary a rare chance for voters to choose a new voice in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to verify and manage your account.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/phil\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"Phil O'Brien Portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cropped-Phil-OBrien-Portrait-WB-scaled-1-120x120.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-120 photo\" height=\"120\" width=\"120\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publisher &amp; Editor Phil O\u2019Brien is an entrepreneur and journalist. As an international photojournalist, he photographed Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Princess Diana and many others. He built a successful international sports photography agency, EMPICS, that was Getty Images\u2019 major competitor in Europe when it sold. He founded a children\u2019s charity in the UK that has helped young people through sport for over 15 years. Phil has lived in New York since 2012. He founded W42ST in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/phil\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMore by Phil O&#8217;Brien\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time in more than three decades, Manhattan\u2019s 12th Congressional District is facing an open race.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49582,75,84,83,9,24,31167,63,87],"class_list":["post-240157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-election2026","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny-12","tag-nyc","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240157","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=240157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}