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U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., will not seek re-election next year, according to media reports.
The move will mark the end of Nadler’s 34 years in Congress where he has been a leading liberal voice on a range of issues.
“Watching the Biden thing really said something about the necessity for generational change in the party, and I think I want to respect that,” Nadler told the New York Times.
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That was evident when Nadler, 78, was forced to give up his House Judiciary Committee leadership at the beginning of the term when it became clear a younger, more energetic colleague would beat him.
Nadler has been a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, warning fellow Democrats about Trump’s leadership style. The two have sparred dating back to the 1980s over Manhattan development projects.
“I’m not saying we should change over the entire party,” he said. “But I think a certain amount of change is very helpful, especially when we face the challenge of Trump and his incipient fascism.”
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He ultimately succeeded in steering articles of impeachment through his committee in 2019.
Nadler didn’t discuss who could potentially succeed him, saying multiple candidates could run to replace him.
But a person familiar with his thinking told the Times that Nadler planned to support Micah Lasher, who represents parts of the Upper West Side in the New York State Assembly, should he run.
In speaking with the Times, Nadler said he was confident of the Democrats’ chances of taking back control of the House next year.
“Then you can cut the reign of terror in half,” he said.
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