US EditionParkland survivor launches bid for Nadler’s seat
Cameron Kasky campaigns on Medicare for All, AI opposition, and immigration reform, emphasizing issues over age in New York’s competitive Democratic primary.
- On Tuesday morning, Cameron Kasky, Parkland survivor and activist, announced he will run in New York's 12th Congressional District to replace 78-year-old Rep. Jerrold Nadler.
- After leaving Columbia, Kasky moved from disillusionment to renewed activism by reconnecting with Parkland survivors and their families, enduring swatting and doxxing, and aggressively considering a campaign in September.
- In a Monday interview, Kasky outlined a dozen issues including AI opposition, Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, and stopping funding for what he described as the genocide in Gaza, insisting he is not `running on youth`.
- The crowded Democratic primary now includes Jack Schlossberg, 32-year-old candidate and grandson of John F. Kennedy Jr., who announced last week amid a weighty moment for youth in the Democratic Party.
- Recruitment of younger candidates has provoked backlash, as seen in David Hogg's June exit from the Democratic National Committee, while the party's future remains uncertain as younger entrants press Kasky's policy priorities.
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Cameron Kasky, one of the most visible faces of the youth movement against armed violence in the United States, officially announced his intention to compete for Congressional seat in District 12 of New York, so far occupied by veteran Democratic legislator Jerrold “Jerry” Nadler.Kasky, 25, jumped on the national stage in 2018 after surviving the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people died. Since then, …
Parkland shooting survivor Cameron Kasky jumps into packed NY12 Congressional race
Cameron Kasky, a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at a Parkland, FL high school, on Tuesday became the latest candidate to launch a bid for retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler's Congressional seat. Kasky, 25, of the Upper West Side, helped found the activist group March for Our Lives after the Parkland shooting on Feb. 14, 2018 that left 17 people dead, and 17 others wounded. He works as a contributor at The Bulwark news site; he told amNewYork his pro…
Jewish Parkland Survivor Cameron Kasky Announces Run for Nadler’s Seat, Labels Gaza Conflict ‘Genocide’
NEW YORK CITY (VINnews) — Cameron Kasky, a Jewish survivor of the 2018 Parkland school shooting and co-founder of the March for Our Lives gun control advocacy group, announced Tuesday that he is running for Congress in New York’s heavily Jewish 12th District. The 25-year-old activist, who helped organize nationwide protests calling for stricter gun […]
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