Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo denied reports that he’s considering running for retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler’s House seat in the Empire State.
“Andrew Cuomo is now exploring a campaign for retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler’s Manhattan House seat, according to two people familiar with the matter,” Jewish Insider reporter Matthew Kassel said on Saturday.
“I don’t know where any of that came from, but everyone should put down the mojitos,” a Cuomo spokesperson told the reporter.
Rich Azzopardi, a Cuomo spokesperson, told me: “I don’t know where any of that came from, but everyone should put down the mojitos.”
— Matthew Kassel (@matthewkassel) November 8, 2025
The spokesperson provided Daily Mail with the same statement.
Rumors of Cuomo seeking a House seat follow his failed political comeback in the New York City mayoral election.
Daily Mail shared:
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.
If he ran for Congress 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.
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.
Jack Schlossberg the grandson of JFK is preparing to launch a bid for Jerry Nadler’s (NY-12) open congressional seat Per Politico pic.twitter.com/rPgAXP0CRq
— OSZ (@OpenSourceZone) November 7, 2025
More on Schlossberg from Daily Mail:
Schlossberg rose to TikTok and Instagram fame as a liberal heartthrob by sharing hunky shirtless photos and quirky clips of himself practicing ballet, hoverboarding while reciting poetry and even opening a coconut in Hawaii with his bare hands.
He would enter what is expected to be a crowded race to replace 78-year-old Jerrold Nadler, one of the oldest members in the Democratic caucus, who is retiring after 34 years in office.
ADVERTISEMENTThe Democrats set to run in a district Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump in by 64 points include two members of the state assembly, a city council member and 26-year-old Rhodes Scholar Liam Elkind.
Anti-gun activist Cameron Kasky, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen and actress and former candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon are also rumored to be jumping in, while Chelsea Clinton declined a run despite rumors to the contrary.
The 32-year-old is a graduate of both Harvard and Yale, and has been active in progressive politics, as well as the media. Schlossberg is the son of JFK’s daughter Caroline Kennedy.
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.
