"Chi Osse, a young progressive on the New York City Council, filed to run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Monday. Chi Osse, a rising star on the New York City Council, filed to run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in Brooklyn, putting a progressive challenger squarely in the path of one of the Democratic Party's top national figures and highlighting simmering ideological and generational divides in the party."
"The Democratic Party's leadership is not only failing to effectively fight back against Donald Trump, they have also failed to deliver a vision that we can all believe in, Osse said in a statement to Axios. These failures are some of the many reasons why I am currently exploring a potential run for New York's 8th Congressional District. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries The 27-year-old represents New York City's 36th District, which includes North Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant."
"Elected in 2021 at just 23 years old, Osse became the council's youngest member and the first Gen Z lawmaker in New York City politics. His rise was fueled by his organizing work during the 2020 uprisings, and he has since established a reputation as one of the council's most left-leaning voices. Axios first reported last month that Osse was considering a bid against Jeffries, and his team has also launched an ActBlue page to begin fundraising, signaling that the campaign is moving forward."
Chi Osse filed to run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in Brooklyn, targeting New York's 8th Congressional District. Osse is a 27-year-old member of the New York City Council representing the 36th District, elected in 2021 at age 23 as the council's youngest member and the first Gen Z lawmaker. Osse built a reputation as a left-leaning voice after organizing during the 2020 uprisings. Osse launched an ActBlue fundraising page and cited Democratic leadership failures and opposition to Donald Trump as reasons for exploring the run. Osse has faced private discouragement from the mayor-elect and his team.
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