NY-12: Pelosi to Endorse Jack Schlossberg, Again Backing a Kennedy for Congress
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning to endorse Jack Schlossberg, an online political commentator and the grandson of John F. Kennedy, in his run for a hotly contested House seat in New York City, making a rare foray into a crowded Democratic primary, according to three people familiar with her plans.
Mr. Schlossberg, who is also the cousin of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is one of many Democrats vying to be the party’s nominee in the race to represent New York’s 12th Congressional District. It is an affluent quasi-rectangle in the middle of Manhattan that is home to Times Square, Central Park, the United Nations and the Empire State Building.
Ms. Pelosi, a California Democrat who is retiring from Congress next January, will be the most high-profile endorsement so far, for any candidate.
Mr. Schlossberg’s “candidacy will help Democrats win nationwide,” Ms. Pelosi said in a statement viewed by The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/politics/pelosi-endorse-schlossberg-kennedy.html
