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Jack Schlossberg loses NYC congressional primary to Micah Lasher

Schlossberg lost the closely watched primary after campaigning on the need for different, more responsive Democratic candidates.

Jack Schlossberg loses NYC congressional primary to Micah Lasher
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Micah Lasher defeated Jack Schlossberg in a crowded Democratic primary for an open Manhattan congressional seat. The race drew attention for Schlossberg’s Kennedy-family profile and for spending tied to the artificial-intelligence industry.

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Democratic House candidate and former technology-company engineer

Carolyn B. Maloney
Former U.S. Representative (D-NY)

Former member of Congress who endorsed Bores

Donald Trump
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President who criticized George Conway after Conway’s defeat

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ALSO MENTIONED  Jerry Nadler, Representative whose seat Lasher hopes to win; Lasher’s former employer and endorser; John F. Kennedy, Late president and Jack Schlossberg’s grandfather; Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York who appeared with Lasher; Kellyanne Conway, Former adviser to Donald Trump 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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