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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) reportedly will be challenged in next year’s Democratic primary by a far-left New York city councilman.
Despite objections from New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, City Councilman Chi Ossé is expected to launch a bid against Jeffries.
“He said he wants to strike when the iron is hot,” one source told the New York Post.
NEW: Chi Ossé, a far-left city councilman aligned with the policies of Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, has told political allies that he is planning to challenge @RepJeffries, the top House Democrat, in next June’s primary. https://t.co/PrDE6WO1Rg
— Ben Oreskes (@boreskes) November 10, 2025
More from the New York Post:
The source said that Mamdani had told Osse that he didn’t want him to challenge Jeffries in the primary, believing it would disrupt the fragile peace between the far-left of the party and moderates.
Mamdani worked for months to woo the establishment of the party to unite ahead of his mayoralship.
“Strike while the iron is hot?” another insider complained, adding, “How about listen to the next mayor, who is the hottest thing in politics right now.”
The second source confirmed Osse has already started hiring his staff to challenge the Brooklyn Democrat.
The falling-out between Osse and Mamdani — two social-media-savvy pols — even kept Osse from attending the victory party follow the mayor-elect’s historic win last Tuesday night.
Prior polling indicates the New York city councilman would have a hefty challenge unseating the House Democrat.
Lefty Gen-Z NYC Councilman Chi Osse gears up for primary challenge against Hakeem Jeffries: sources https://t.co/5ZxPcYCNPE pic.twitter.com/vLjP9ODkOD
— New York Post (@nypost) November 9, 2025
City & State New York shared:
Internal polling shows that Jeffries is well-liked in his congressional district, and that Ossé is still pretty unknown – despite his social media virality. According to the poll, 74% of voters approve of the job Jeffries is doing, 69% view him favorably and 69% said they would “probably” or “definitely” vote to reelect him. In a head-to-head matchup, the poll found that 72% would vote for Jeffries, while 21% would vote for Ossé. But Ossé has room to grow. Half of voters polled said they had never heard of him.
The poll was shared with City & State on the condition that we not name the entity that commissioned it. It was conducted by public opinion researcher Nancy Zdunkewicz’s firm Z to A Research, which specializes in text and online polling. It included 371 registered Democrats who are likely to vote in the 2026 midterms and was taken between Sept. 15 and 20. It has a margin of error of 5 points. It was not intended to be public.
The results were broken down into two scenarios: a “typical turnout scenario,” in which 65% of voters surveyed were over 50, and a “surge turnout scenario” with more younger and “progressive” voters. Ossé, who recently joined the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, fared slightly better in the surge scenario, narrowing Jeffries’ lead to 41 points.
Axios reported last week that Ossé has had conversations about primarying Jeffries, but the Gen-Z City Council member denied he’s planning to run, telling the outlet in a text: “All I have to say is that it would take a very dire situation in order for me to even consider spending the rest of my 20s in dc.”