Chi Osse will not be attempting to primary Hakeem Jeffries

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On Saturday night, members of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America voted not to recommend endorsing New York City Council Member Chi Ossé’s nascent primary challenge against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2025/11/chi-osse-congress/409723/

I'm happy to see this. Hakeem Jeffries is going to be Speaker of the House. Jeffries is respected and has the backing of the Democratic House Caucus. Attempting to primary him would not be successful and would do nothing except aid Republicans in their ridiculous attacks on him.

[Celerity]

1. Where does it say he dropped out? TIA

[Quiet Em]

6. Chi is not going to primary Hakeem Jeffries without DSA approval.

Both AOC and Mamdani have also told him it's a bad idea.

If you want to hold onto hope that Chi will disregard all of this and primary Jeffries anyway, go ahead, but I'm almost certain that he won't.

[Celerity]

7. I never thought he should primary Jeffires, but your OP stated he dropped out, yet nothing you posted in it said that.

[Quiet Em]

8. Here is another article

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/22/chi-osse-likely-dropping-challenge-of-rep-hakeem-jeffries-after-dsa-votes-against-endorsement/

Chi is nearly certain to not primary Hakeem Jeffries. Again, he's not expected to do it without the DSA backing.

[leftstreet]

2. He quit?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. I was also wondering where it says that this person dropped his primary challenge

[Just_Vote_Dem]

4. Chi Osse likely dropping challenge of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries after DSA votes against endorsement

"Likely" is the operative word, heh
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City Councilman Chi Osse is all but certainly giving up his challenge of Brooklyn Congressman Hakeem Jeffries in next year’s congressional elections after members of New York City’s Democratic Socialists of America chapter voted against offering Osse the group’s endorsement on Saturday.

The vote — which had 52% of members voting against an endorsement, 46% in favor and 2% abstaining — is a relief for Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a DSA member who directly urged the group to not endorse Osse.



Late Saturday night, after the vote came in, Osse signaled to the Daily News he’s likely not going to launch a 2026 primary run against Jeffries, the powerful U.S. House Democratic leader.

“I have no intention of running this race without the support of NYC-DSA, of which I am proud to be a member,” Osse, whose Council district spans Crown Heights and Bedstuy, said in a text message.

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/22/chi-osse-likely-dropping-challenge-of-rep-hakeem-jeffries-after-dsa-votes-against-endorsement/

[Jbraybarten]

5. Nobody is above a primary. We should respect the system.

[tritsofme]

9. Similarly, there's no point in waging a campaign that even your own allies aren't interested in supporting.

[Jbraybarten]

10. That's up to the candidate. It's better for the system to not squash primaries.

[tritsofme]

11. No one is "squashing" anything. People are simply telling him "no thanks"

But of course he can continue his quixotic quest for as long as his heart desires!

[Jbraybarten]

13. Ok, thanks for the disingenuous bs reply.

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[QueerDuck]

14. Thank you for sharing the good news! What a great way to start my week!

Such a primary would be a waste of time and resources. It only serves to divide Democrats and suppress the vote.

With luck there will be no bitter and petty "Leave it Blank" campaign against him... but that remains to be seen. Punishing Democrats and suppressing the vote and turnout seems to be a popular tactic in some circles for whom it's all about purity and playing the spoiler card, rather than about smart strategies.

[Halicarnassus]

15. Who?

You mean the people of NY-8 won’t likely vote out the next Speaker of the House, third in line for the presidency, for some nobody? You don’t say…

[betsuni]

16. His reasons for running against the Democratic Party seem to be vague grievances about fighting and vision.

Like wearing something you think is hip and cool long after the trend is over. Nobody wants to be seen with you, it's embarrassing.

In this case, helping Republicans by attacking Democrats is life and death important. Try to be famous by doing something else, or keep dreams of utopian revolution to nap time.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

18. Or, even better, run against an unopposed or weak Repub

in a district where most think a Democrat can't win. We could surprise people!

[marble falls]

17. Wise move. Go challenge a Republican seat.