Jack Schlossberg arrives at the JFK Library, on May 4, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Jack Schlossberg, grandson of the 35th US President, John F. Kennedy, plans to run for Congress next year, The New York Times reports, continuing the legacy of one of America’s most storied and tragedy-stricken political families.
Schlossberg, 32, son of JFK’s daughter and former diplomat Caroline Kennedy and the designer-artist Edwin Schlossberg, shared the news of his first bid for public office in an email to supporters, the Times says.
He will be seeking the Democratic Party nomination for the Manhattan seat in the US House of Representatives being vacated by retiring New York Democrat Jerrold Nadler, according to the newspaper.
A political commentator and writer whose work has been published in such news outlets as The Washington Post, Politico and Time magazine, Schlossberg joins a crowded field of contenders already vying for the 12th congressional district seat.
Nadler, 78, announced in September that he was retiring next year after more than 30 years in House, acknowledging a widespread clamor within the party to make way for a younger generation of leaders.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-NY, listens during a committee meeting at the Capitol in Washington, June 2, 2022. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
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