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Jack Schlossberg built a social media campaign just to barely break 10% in NYC's primary

Schlossberg lost the primary after running a high-profile campaign built in part around social media.

Jack Schlossberg built a social media campaign just to barely break 10% in NYC's primary
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Jack Schlossberg lost the crowded Democratic primary for an open Manhattan congressional seat to state Assembly Member Micah Lasher. The race also drew attention for its high-profile candidates and spending by AI interests.

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Democratic candidate and Assembly member involved in the AI-related campaign fight

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ALSO MENTIONED  Jerry Nadler, Representative whose open seat was being contested; John F. Kennedy, Former president and Schlossberg’s grandfather; Kathy Hochul, New York governor who appeared with Lasher; Kellyanne Conway, Former Trump adviser and George Conway’s former spouse

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Jack Schlossberg Loses New York’s 12th District Primary

Micah Lasher won New York’s 12th District Democratic primary, with Jack Schlossberg finishing third. Left-leaning outlets frame the result through Schlossberg’s Kennedy background and social-media persona. Center outlets mostly place his loss in a crowded, costly contest shaped by AI-regulation spending. Right-leaning outlets range from straightforward result coverage to mocking portrayals that cast the defeat as a rebuke to the Kennedy name or political inheritance.

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