Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is reportedly exploring a return to Washington, that could potentially set up a showdown with JFK’s grandson for a soon-to-be vacant congressional seat.
According to the Jewish Insider, Cuomo is considering running to take New York Rep. Jerry Nadler’s congressional seat.
The rumor mill began spinning on Saturday after Matthew Kassel, a reporter with the outlet, revealed how multiple sources told him that Cuomo was quietly considering the move after he lost out on his bid to become New York City’s next mayor.
Cuomo wouldn’t have the field to himself. Jack Schlossberg, the 32-year-old only grandson of President John F. Kennedy, has already formed an exploratory committee and is expected to announce his campaign for Nadler’s seat next week, Politico reported.
‘It’s happening,’ one source told Politico, adding that Schlossberg had already begun hiring staff and consulting with elected officials.
The alleged flirtation with congress comes just days after Cuomo, once considered one of the most powerful figures in Democratic politics, suffered a humiliating defeat in his mayoral comeback attempt.
The former three-term governor was beaten by 34-year-old Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a leftist upstart who ran on a platform of affordable housing, police reform and universal public childcare.
‘I don’t know where any of that came from, but everyone should put down the mojitos,’ Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi told the Daily Mail in response to the report.
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is said to be exploring a dramatic return to Washington only days after losing his own bid to become New York City’s next mayor.
Cuomo is rumored to be setting up an explosive political showdown with President John F. Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg
Cuomo, who had tried to frame Mamdani as dangerously inexperienced, entered the mayoral race in March, less than four years after resigning from the governorship amid sexual harassment allegations – all of which he continues to deny.
The stunning defeat left political observers wondering what could come next for a man who once ruled Albany and harbored national ambitions.
It the rumors are true, Cuomo may be eyeing the seat long held by Nadler, the 78-year-old Democrat who has represented New York’s Upper West Side for more than three decades and announced he would retire after 34 years in Congress.
Schlossberg, a graduate of both Harvard and Yale, has built an enormous social media following with hundreds of thousands of fans across TikTok, Instagram, and X.
He often posts quirky and self-deprecating clips that mix politics with his own humor in a far cry from the buttoned-up image of past Kennedys.
While he’s been celebrated online as a liberal heartthrob, Schlossberg has also been active in progressive politics.
Schlossberg spoke at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, and frequently criticizes his cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who presently serves as President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary.
His critiques are part of an active social media life, as Schlossberg has over 171,000 followers on X, 721,000 on Instagram and 835,000 on TikTok.
Cuomo is said to be quietly considering a run for Rep. Jerry Nadler’s soon-to-be-vacant Manhattan congressional seat, Nadler is seen here in October
Schlossberg polled his Instagram audience about kicking off a potential political campaign
He has also been appointed to the America 250 Commission by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Nadler said last month of his potential successor that ‘there’s nothing particularly good or bad about a Kennedy holding my seat.
‘But the Kennedy, unlike Schlossberg, should be somebody with a record of public service, a record of public accomplishment, and he doesn’t have one.’
The future of the historically safe seat for Democrats will likely be set in the Democratic primary scheduled for June 23, 2026.
Schlossberg is the son of Caroline Kennedy, the only daughter of Jackie Kennedy Onassis and JFK – who was five years old when her father was assassinated in 1963.