Jack Schlossberg, JFK’s grandson, joins race to replace Nadler in Congress

Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of President John F. Kennedy, confirmed Wednesday that he is running for Congress in New York’s 12th District, entering a growing Democratic field to succeed retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler.

Schlossberg, 32, described himself as a fifth-generation New Yorker and lifelong Democrat, running to help address what he called a national “crisis on every level.”