George Conway, a conservative lawyer and vocal critic of President Donald Trump, filed paperwork on Monday to run as a Democrat for the seat Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) is vacating.
Conway was beforehand married to Kellyanne Conway, who helped handle Trump’s 2016 presidential bid after which served within the White Home throughout Trump’s first time period.
Although George Conway was additionally supplied a place with the administration throughout Trump’s first time period, he declined. The connection between the president and Conway turned contentious, with Conway typically criticizing Trump and the president in flip commenting on the Conways’ marriage.
The feud finally culminated in Trump calling Conway a “stone cold LOSER & husband from hell” and Conway calling Trump a “fascist.” Conway went on to pen an essay that known as Trump “unfit for office.”
The lawyer finally co-founded The Lincoln Undertaking, a PAC of former Republicans with a self-described goal of defeating Trump, and has continued to criticize the president.
Shortly after Conway filed to run, Councilmember Erik Bottcher introduced he’s ending his marketing campaign for Home of Representatives, selecting as a substitute to run for New York State Senate.
However Conway will nonetheless be a part of an more and more crowded main race for Nadler’s seat. No less than 9 hopefuls — together with Jack Schlossberg, the one grandson of John F. Kennedy — have filed to run for the place since Nadler introduced in September he wouldn’t search reelection.
March for Our Lives organizer Cameron Kasky, Assemblymen Alex Bores and Micah Lasher have additionally filed to run for the Manhattan-based seat.
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