WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York says he is not going to run for reelection subsequent 12 months, in line with an interview printed Monday evening by The New York Instances.
Nadler informed the Instances that watching then-President Joe Biden’s truncated reelection marketing campaign final 12 months “actually mentioned one thing concerning the necessity for generational change within the occasion, and I feel I wish to respect that.” He prompt a youthful Democratic lawmaker in his seat “can perhaps do higher, can perhaps assist us extra.”
Nadler, 78, is serving his seventeenth time period in Congress. He was chairman of the Home Judiciary Committee from 2019 to 2023, then served as rating member on the panel after Republicans gained Home management. He stepped down from that function late final 12 months.
Nadler’s decision to relinquish that spot got here a day after fellow Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin introduced his bid for the job and shortly amassed help from colleagues.
“I’m additionally proud that, beneath my management, a few of our caucus’s most proficient rising stars have been given a platform to display their management and their talents,” Nadler wrote then in a letter to Democrats that was obtained by The Related Press.
With out naming names, Nadler prompt to the Instances that a few of his Democratic colleagues also needs to take into account retirement.
“I’m not saying we should always change over your entire occasion,” Nadler mentioned within the interview posted Monday. “However I feel a specific amount of change may be very useful, particularly after we face the problem of (President Donald) Trump and his incipient fascism.”
