Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, the dean of the New York congressional delegation, has decided not to run for reelection next year, according to the New York Times .

Nadler, 78, told the Times in an interview published Monday he was convinced it was time for generational change and that a younger person “can maybe do better, can maybe help us more.”

He did not discuss who should succeed him, the Times said, but noted that many of his allies might enter the race.

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, entered the race for Nadler’s district , New York’s 12th Congressional District, as a primary challenger. He had pitched his run as “respectfully asking” Nadler to retire

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