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Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg loses to Micah Lasher in crowded New York City race

Jack Schlossberg lost to Micah Lasher in the Democratic primary for an open Manhattan congressional seat.

Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg loses to Micah Lasher in crowded New York City race
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Micah Lasher defeated Jack Schlossberg in a closely watched Democratic primary for an open Manhattan congressional seat. The race also became a proxy fight over artificial-intelligence regulation, with Alex Bores drawing support and opposition from tech interests.

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House candidate who won the Democratic primary

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House candidate and state Assembly member involved in the race’s AI-regulation dispute

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

Former member of Congress who endorsed Bores

Donald Trump
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President who posted an insult about George Conway after Conway’s defeat

House candidate who was defeated in the primary

ALSO MENTIONED  Jerry Nadler, Longtime representative whose seat Lasher hopes to win and who endorsed Lasher; John F. Kennedy, Former president and Jack Schlossberg’s grandfather; Kathy Hochul, New York governor who appeared with Lasher at his victory event; 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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