{"id":455972,"date":"2026-02-08T07:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T07:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/455972\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T07:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T07:45:08","slug":"nancy-pelosi-set-to-endorse-jfks-grandson-for-new-york-house-seat-source-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/455972\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi set to endorse JFK&#8217;s grandson for New York House seat, source says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"anchor-6af172\" class=\"body-graf\">Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., plans to endorse Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of the late President John F. Kennedy, in his run for the competitive House seat representing the 12th District of New York, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-d20cbc\" class=\"body-graf\">Schlossberg, 33, an online political commentator and also cousin of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. \u2014 of whom he has been critical \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/jack-schlossberg-member-kennedy-political-dynasty-running-congress-rcna243382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced his candidacy<\/a> in November. He is running for the seat currently held by Rep. Jerry Nadler, a Democrat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/democratic-rep-jerry-nadler-retire-congress-rcna228448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">who is retiring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-d63b4f\" class=\"body-graf\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/07\/us\/politics\/pelosi-endorse-schlossberg-kennedy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a> first reported Pelosi&#8217;s intent to endorse Schlossberg. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-cf9f80\" class=\"body-graf\">NBC News has reached out to Schlossberg&#8217;s campaign for comment.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-c66577\" class=\"body-graf\">Schlossberg will vie for the seat in a crowded Democratic primary in June. Other candidates include state Assemblymembers Micah Lasher and Alex Bores. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/george-conway-files-paperwork-run-congress-democrat-rcna250482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">George Conway<\/a>, a conservative lawyer and Trump critic, is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/republican-turned-democrat-george-conway-running-congress-new-york-fig-rcna252088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">running for the seat<\/a> as a Democrat.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-442a04\" class=\"body-graf\">Schlossberg said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQ8TqPSAK0J\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in a video announcing his candidacy<\/a> in November that he is &#8220;running for Congress to represent my home, New York\u2019s 12th congressional district, where I was born and raised, where I took the bus to school every single day from one side of the district to the other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-ec772e\" class=\"body-graf\">He&#8217;s gained a notable following on social media, with fans drawn toward his candid, freewheeling and sometimes crass political commentary style. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-787677\" class=\"body-graf\">The 12th congressional district of New York composes the geographical heart of Manhattan, including all of Central Park.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-d136ba\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">&#8220;We have the best hospitals and schools, restaurants and museums,&#8221; Schlossberg said in his statement announcing his candidacy. &#8220;This is the financial and media capital of the world. This district should have a representative who can harness the creativity, energy and drive of this district and translate that into political power in Washington.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., plans to endorse Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of the late President John F.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-455972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-united-states-of-america","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}