WASHINGTON — Longtime Representative Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., announced on Wednesday that he was withdrawing his campaign to continue serving as the leading Democrat on the influential Judiciary Committee for the next two years. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., had declared two days prior that he would run against Nadler for the coveted position.
The position would be crucial in providing congressional oversight of the FBI and Justice Department under the upcoming Trump administration, and Nadler, 77, recommended Raskin, 61, for it in a letter to Democratic colleagues.
Nadler added in the letter, “I am very confident that Jamie would ably lead the Judiciary Committee as we confront this growing danger as our country faces the return of Donald Trump and the renewed threats to our democracy and our way of life that he represents.” As a result, I have chosen not to be a candidate for the 119th Congress’s Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee.
Nadler has been in Congress since 1992 and has been the top member of the Judiciary panel since 2019. Despite a few recent health worries, he was handily re-elected in November.
I will be an active member of the Committee even if I will not be Ranking Member, and I am excited to join its new leadership in the fight to defend our most vulnerable neighborhoods and our most valuable democratic values,” Nadler stated.
Nadler’s withdrawal from the race was originally reported by the New York Times.
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