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Micah C. Lasher22%
New York State Assemblymember, District 69
Housing — Folds housing into affordability: expand federal housing tax credits and increase funding and eligibility for rental assistance.
Rep. Jerry Nadler +10
Primary Election
PRIMARY WAS JUN 23
U.S. House · New York - 12
PrimaryDemocratic Party
Open seat for the first time in 34 years
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D), who has held the seat since 1992 and beat Carolyn Maloney in the 2022 member-vs-member primary after redistricting merged Manhattan's east and west sides, announced his retirement in September 2025. He endorsed his former aide, Assembly member Micah Lasher, on Feb 9, 2026. Ten Democrats qualified for the primary ballot; the contest has drawn national attention for its celebrity entrants (Jack Schlossberg, George Conway) and heavy outside spending.
Candidates
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Alex Bores20%
NY State Assembly member, District 73 (Upper East Side), elected 2022
AI & technology — Wants to nationalize his RAISE Act with mandatory safety testing for frontier AI ('we shouldn't let tech billionaires deploy potentially dangerous AI without safety testing'), give people ownership of their data, and tax large AI labs to fund an 'AI Dividend' for workers it displaces.
NY State AFL-CIO +11
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Jack Kennedy Schlossberg11%
Political commentator with large social following
Confronting Trump & defending democracy — Would establish nonpartisan redistricting standards and prohibit mid-decade redistricting, expand ballot access, and 'stand up to Trump.'
Nancy Pelosi
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George Conway10%
Co-founder, The Lincoln Project
Confronting Trump & defending democracy — His entire campaign: 'Take back our democracy and defeat Trump's majority.' Promises to be a 'battle-tested fighter to protect the rule of law' and pursue Trump's impeachment — but offers essentially no other policy platform.
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Issues
Affordability & cost of living
The defining kitchen-table issue of the race — nearly every candidate frames NY-12 around a cost-of-living crisis, and the COURIER debate led with affordability and housing. The split is over the main lever: child care, taxes and tariffs, or wages.
Runs a named 'Tackling Affordability' plank — 'the affordability crisis is no hoax.' Would massively expand federal child-care investment, raise and inflation-index the minimum wage, repeal Trump tax breaks while restoring safety-net cuts, and pass the PRO Act.
micahlasher.com · PlatformHousing
A central affordability fight with real divides: supply-side builders, social-housing advocates, renter-relief plans, and curbs on institutional investors. The condition of NYCHA is a recurring theme.
Folds housing into affordability: expand federal housing tax credits and increase funding and eligibility for rental assistance.
micahlasher.com · PlatformHealth care
A clear progressive-versus-pragmatist split between single-payer/Medicare for All and a public option, plus drug pricing — the signature lane of public-health researcher Nina Schwalbe.
Her signature lane. Legislate a single-payer system by incrementally lowering the Medicare age until everyone is covered, dramatically expand community health centers, and cut drug costs by expanding Medicare price negotiation and conditioning publicly funded research on affordable pricing.
ninafornyc.com · PlatformThe money
Cycle-to-date · FEC summary filings (cycle-to-date) — figures change as new reports are filed.
GCConway
$3.2M$1.1M cash
ABBores
$2.9M$2.4M cash
JSSchlossberg
$2.3M$1M cash
MLLasher
$2.1M$1.6M cash
NSSchwalbe
$379K$109K cash
MSShurka
$242K$8K cash
LDDunn
$149K$25K cash
CDDiep
$87K$13K cash
Researched & verified Jun 7, 2026. Compiled from verified public sources; claims that failed verification are excluded.