Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, announced his bid to fill the New York City House seat currently occupied by Rep. Jerry Nadler, making him JFK’s first direct descendent and latest member of his family to enter the political arena.

A Democratic influencer, Schlossberg announced his run for Congress Wednesday in a video shared on social media. He’s angling to fill the house seat Nadler, 78, who announced in September he would not seek reelection after 34 years representing Manhattanites.

“I’m not running because I have all the answers to our problems ,” Schlossberg, whose full name is John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg, said on Instagram. “I’m running because the people of New York 12 do. I want to listen to your struggles, hear your stories, amplify

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