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Polls close in crowded, pricey New York City congressional primary featuring a Kennedy scion

Schlossberg lost the Democratic primary after urging the party to offer more responsive candidates.

Polls close in crowded, pricey New York City congressional primary featuring a Kennedy scion
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Micah Lasher defeated Jack Schlossberg in a crowded Democratic primary for an open Manhattan congressional seat. The race drew heavy spending and became a proxy fight over artificial-intelligence regulation.

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Democratic candidate who lost the Manhattan congressional primary

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Democratic candidate who won the Manhattan congressional primary

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Democratic candidate who conceded the primary

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

Former New York representative who endorsed Bores

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President of the United States

Democratic candidate who lost the primary

ALSO MENTIONED  Jerry Nadler, New York representative whose seat Lasher hopes to win; John F. Kennedy, Former President of the United States; Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York; Kellyanne Conway, Former adviser to President 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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