{"id":192999,"date":"2025-09-02T02:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/192999\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T02:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:30:18","slug":"longtime-new-york-rep-jerry-nadler-says-he-will-not-seek-reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/192999\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime New York Rep. Jerry Nadler says he will not seek reelection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, the dean of the New York congressional delegation, has decided not to run for reelection next year, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/01\/nyregion\/jerrold-nadler-congress-retires.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Times;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nadler, 78, told the Times in an interview published Monday he was convinced it was time for generational change and that a younger person \u201ccan maybe do better, can maybe help us more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He did not discuss who should succeed him, the Times said, but noted that many of his allies might enter the race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The move comes around a month after Liam Elkind, a 26-year-old who started an organization during the Covid-19 pandemic that delivered food and medicine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/30\/politics\/jerry-nadler-liam-elkind-new-york-primary?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:entered the race for Nadler\u2019s district;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">entered the race for Nadler\u2019s district<\/a>, New York\u2019s 12th Congressional District, as a primary challenger. He had pitched his run as \u201crespectfully asking\u201d Nadler to retire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThere has to be a way of both honoring the 49-year-political career of someone like Jerry Nadler while asking him to build a bridge to the future,\u201d Elkind told CNN in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nadler, who was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee from 2019 to 2023, has been in Congress since 1992. His New York City-area district includes the Upper West and Upper East sides as well as Midtown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">CNN has reached out to Nadler\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story is breaking and will be updated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/register?source=external-feeds_iluminar&amp;cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo&amp;registration_email_campaign=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:CNN.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">CNN.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Democratic Rep. 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