{"id":78784,"date":"2025-12-23T03:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T03:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/78784\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T03:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T03:21:11","slug":"erik-bottcher-to-exit-ny-12-race-run-for-state-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/78784\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik Bottcher to exit NY-12 race, run for state Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"

City Councilmember Erik Bottcher is bowing out of the\u00a0crowded race to succeed Rep. Jerry Nadler<\/a>\u00a0in Congress and running for state Senate instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bottcher will vie for the Democratic nomination in the upcoming special election to replace state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, who serves the 47th Senate District, he said in a statement Monday.\u00a0Hoylman-Sigal\u2019s seat will open up when he is\u00a0sworn in as Manhattan borough president<\/a>\u00a0on Jan. 1.<\/p>\n

What You Need To Know<\/p>\n

City Councilmember Erik Bottcher is bowing out of the\u00a0crowded race to succeed Rep. Jerry Nadler\u00a0in Congress and running for state Senate instead
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Bottcher will vie for the Democratic nomination in the upcoming special election to replace state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, who will be sworn in as Manhattan borough president on Jan. 1
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A number of Democratic contenders are running to replace Nadler, including\u00a0John F. Kennedy\u2019s grandson Jack Schlossberg\u00a0and Assemblymembers Michah Lasher and Alex Bores<\/p>\n

The 47th Senate District shares some overlap with Bottcher\u2019s City Council district, which includes Chelsea, Hell\u2019s Kitchen and Times Square.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cRunning for public office has never been about titles for me. It has never been about chasing the position with the most power,\u201d Bottcher said. \u201cIt has always been about where I can make the most meaningful difference and help make people\u2019s lives better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis decision is rooted in where I believe I can do the most good immediately. The State Senate is where critical decisions are being made on housing affordability, addressing the mental health crisis, safeguarding our environment, and defending New York from the Trump agenda,\u201d he added. \u201cAt a moment when MAGA extremists are attacking our freedoms and undermining democracy, strong state leadership matters more than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bottcher had been part of a crowded field of Democrats in the race to fill Nadler\u2019s seat in New York\u2019s 12th Congressional District, which includes the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side and Midtown Manhattan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nadler in September\u00a0said he would retire<\/a>\u00a0after serving out his 17th term in Congress.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A number of Democratic contenders are now\u00a0running to replace him<\/a>, including\u00a0John F. Kennedy\u2019s grandson Jack Schlossberg<\/a>\u00a0and Assemblymembers Michah Lasher and Alex Bores.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bottcher was elected to the City Council in 2021. He currently serves as chair of the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Intergroup Organizations and as co-chair of the LGBTQIA+ Caucus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before he joined the council, he was chief of staff to his predecessor, former City Council Speaker Corey Johnson.<\/p>\n

In a statement Monday, Nadler threw his support behind Bottcher\u2019s state Senate bid.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cErik possesses the dedication, expertise, and courage that our community requires at this critical moment, and I\u2019m honored to endorse him for the State Senate,\u201d he said. \u201cOver the years, Erik and I have collaborated on numerous priorities including affordable housing development and preservation, improving our public parks, strengthening our schools, and addressing many other vital concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout our time working together, I\u2019ve witnessed Erik\u2019s unwavering commitment to serving his community in countless ways, both big and small,\u201d he added. \u201cThe State Senate will need leaders like Erik next year, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m proud to support his candidacy in the Special election and in the June Primary.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City Councilmember Erik Bottcher is bowing out of the\u00a0crowded race to succeed Rep. Jerry Nadler\u00a0in Congress and running…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[109,25,75,14499,9,24,11,10,49,51,50,12,108,87,27],"class_list":["post-78784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-app-local-state-politics","tag-app-top-stories","tag-manhattan","tag-maya-rajamani","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-news","tag-ny-state-of-politics-blog","tag-politics","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78784","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=78784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}