John F. Kennedy's grandson Jack Schlossberg is running for Congress [View all]

Source: USA Today

By Jay Stahl

John F. Kennedy's grandson and Democratic influencer Jack Schlossberg is running for Congress, launching a campaign to replace retiring New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, according to a New York Times report published Nov. 11.

The only son of Caroline Kennedy would serve parts of New York City if elected to succeed Nadler, the influential ex-chairman of the House Judiciary Committee who currently represents the 12th congressional district.

"There is nothing our party can’t do to address costs of living, corruption and the constitutional crisis that we're in," Schlossberg told the NYT, arguing that a Democratic majority in the U.S. House was the only way to safeguard democracy. "But without the control of Congress, there’s almost nothing that we can do."

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He is the first Kennedy family member to run for Congress since Joe Kennedy III left his U.S. House seat in Massachusetts to launch a primary challenge to progressive Sen. Ed Markey. The other Kennedy heir lost the race in 2020. Schlossberg is also the estranged first cousin of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a key ally of President Donald Trump. Schlossberg has urged RFK Jr. to resign over his long history of promoting health disinformation, calling his relative a "threat to public health and American scientific leadership."



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