Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler made his impending retirement official in a Tuesday statement where he said it was “the right time to pass the torch to a new generation.”
The 78-year-old New Yorker, who has represented parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn in a 33-year House career, is stepping aside amid a broader thirst for generational change in the Democratic Party. Nadler, in an earlier interview with The New York Times, cited Joe Biden’s loss to Donald Trump in his decision to retire.
“When I step down at the end of this term, I will have served for 50 years in continuous elected public service to the people of New York,” Nadler said Tuesday.
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