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A Kennedy scion loses in a crowded, pricey New York City congressional primary

Schlossberg lost the crowded Democratic primary after campaigning on a message of change and affordability.

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Jack Schlossberg lost the Democratic primary for an open Manhattan congressional seat to Micah Lasher. The crowded race also drew heavy spending from competing artificial-intelligence interests, with Alex Bores among the candidates targeted and supported by different industry groups.

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Democratic candidate who lost the primary for New York's 12th Congressional District

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Democratic candidate who won the primary for New York's 12th Congressional District

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Democratic primary candidate and state Assemblymember

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

Former representative who endorsed Bores

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President of the United States

Democratic primary candidate

ALSO MENTIONED  Jerry Nadler, Longtime representative whose seat Lasher hopes to win; John F. Kennedy, Former president and Schlossberg's grandfather; Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York; Kellyanne Conway, Former adviser to President Donald Trump

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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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