"Brooklyn City Councilman Chi Osse is shooting down rumors that he will mount a Democratic primary challenge to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries in next year's midterm elections. The progressive ally of mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani refuted a report claiming he has privately discussed an insurgent run against Jeffries, who has so far declined to endorse the Democratic City Hall standard bearer. "Just to be clear, I'm not running for Congress," Osse wrote in a text message to Axios, the site reported."
"Osse, who was first elected to the council in 2021 from a Bedford-Stuyvesant district when he was just 23, is considered a progressive rising star. Mamdani has name-checked Osse as an inspiration for his prolific use of social media to energize supporters, a key factor in his own meteoric rise in the mayoral race. Jeffries has raised hackles with some progressives by declining so far to endorse Mamdani, who won the Democratic nomination for mayor months ago."
Chi Osse denied plans to challenge Representative Hakeem Jeffries and explicitly said he is not running for Congress. He said he has little interest in leaving New York for a national position and that it would take a dire situation to spend his remaining 20s in Washington D.C. Osse, age 27, was first elected to the City Council in 2021 at age 23 and is considered a progressive rising star from Bedford-Stuyvesant. He is a political ally of Zohran Mamdani, whose mayoral nomination has prompted some progressive frustration with Jeffries over his lack of endorsement. Observers note Mamdani beat Cuomo in parts of Jeffries' district, suggesting potential opportunity for a progressive challenge, but there are few signs of an immediate insurgent campaign.
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