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New York: The Kennedy dynasty won\u2019t be returning to Congress next year.<\/p>\n
Kennedy family scion and political novice Jack Schlossberg has lost to New York state Assembly Member Micah Lasher, in a closely watched and crowded Democratic primary for an open congressional seat in the heart of Manhattan.<\/p>\n
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Jack Schlossberg, grandson of John F. Kennedy, lost the Democratic primary for a congressional seat in Manhattan.AP<\/p>\n
Lasher will be well positioned for the November general election to succeed his former boss, Democrat Jerry Nadler, who is retiring. Democrats make up two-thirds of the district\u2019s registered voters.<\/p>\n
Before the results were clear, Schlossberg made an early appearance at his watch party at a Manhattan concert venue to thank campaign workers and reiterate his message that Democrats need to put forward more frank, responsive and inspiring candidates \u201cwho are willing to speak plainly about the cost of living, about corruption and fearlessly about the Constitution\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Democratic congressional candidate Jack Schlossberg greets supporters during an election night watch party.AP<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t just need younger candidates. We need different people,\u201d he said, adding that \u201cunless Democrats learn from the signals that are being sent all across the country, we are going to keep on losing.\u201d<\/p>\n
About an hour later, deflated \u201cooohs\u201d rippled through the room of largely young supporters as they got news of Lasher\u2019s win.<\/p>\n
They like me because of my experience, my ideas, and they trust me because they see what\u2019s going on with their very own eyes.<\/p>\n
Kennedy family scion Jack Schlossberg<\/p>\n
The campaign was colourful and hotly contested, partly because of Schlossberg\u2019s star power as the social media-savvy grandson of US president John F. Kennedy, but also because the race became an expensive proxy fight among artificial intelligence interests.<\/p>\n
Schlossberg got plenty of attention in the race as a member of a political dynasty who delivered his own \u201cprogressive and aggressive\u201d message in dynamic and popular, if sometimes wacky, social media posts.<\/p>\n
Related Article Supporters \u201cdon\u2019t just like me because I\u2019m a Kennedy\u201d, Schlossberg told The Associated Press this northern spring. \u201cThey like me because of my experience, my ideas, and they trust me because they see what\u2019s going on with their very own eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n But he also faced questions about his limited professional CV and his seriousness as a candidate. The 33-year-old, who holds a joint law and business degree, worked briefly at the State Department\u2019s environmental bureau and has written political opinion pieces for Vogue. He said that family money bought him independence from political fundraising.<\/p>\n Money cascaded into the race as some tech and AI companies lined up against candidate Alex Bores, a former tech company engineer and state Assembly member who wrote legislation that many in the industry opposed. But some other, more regulation-friendly AI heavyweights counterpunched by trying to help Bores.<\/p>\n Voters in the district were deluged with fliers and ads, particularly about Bores and Lasher.<\/p>\n Related Article Lasher emphasised his long experience working in government for Nadler and others. Bores positioned himself as a fresher face who stood up to powerful interests.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t get in this race to make a point about AI, but some of the most powerful people on the planet, a handful of oligarchs hell-bent on preventing any regulation of their industry whatsoever \u2026 decided they wanted to make an example out of this race. This was a huge and unprecedented fight, and we did not back down,\u201d Bores said in his concession speech.<\/p>\n Besides the AI backer battle, the race featured competing endorsements from Nadler and Carolyn Maloney, the fellow Congress member whom he defeated in a 2022 primary after their once-neighbouring districts were largely combined by redrawn maps.<\/p>\n AP<\/p>\n Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what\u2019s making headlines around the world. Sign up for our weekly What in the World newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n![\"Caroline](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ff6826a7e0ab39b87fadc1e0770607693a6d605c.jpeg\")
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Kathy Hochul, governor of New York (left) and State Representative Micah Lasher, a Democrat from New York and US House candidate (centre), during a primary election night watch party in New York.Bloomberg<\/p>\n![\"US](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3fa5c6f2b28b5624693daa3473b8498d3f67c1ed.png\")
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