George Conway, a former conservative lawyer turned outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, has filed papers to run for Congress in New York as a Democrat, a source close to Conway confirmed.
Although he has not formally submitted the bid to Congress or commented publicly on it, new documents submitted on Monday with the Federal Election Commission reveals that Conway plans to run in the crowded primary for the 12th Congressional District. Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, who currently represents the district, is not seeking re-election.
“George is an experienced fighter against Trump and Trumpism, and he is considering taking this fight to Congress. Today he filed the documents necessary to run. He will have something to say in the new year after the holidays,” said a source close to Conway.
The glut of candidates in the Democratic primary in one of the nation's bluest districts includes: former Merrill Lynch managing director Alan Purdy, Kennedy scion and liberal online commentator Jack Schlossberg, state legislators Mick Lasher and Alex Bores, gun safety activist Cameron Caskey and Jamie Floyd, journalist and former White House staffer in the Clinton administration.
Potential candidates must file with the Federal Election Commission if they meet certain fundraising criteria for a campaign or organization, although they don't necessarily have to go through with filing.
Last week during an episode of Conway's podcast on The Bulwark, Conway announced he was leaving show to do “either the dumbest thing I've ever done or the best thing.”
Conway's decision to run for Congress as a Democrat underscores his departure from the Republican Party. During the first chapter of his career, Conway worked in famous conservative court cases, including the Paula Jones lawsuit against then-President Bill Clinton. It is reported that he was being considered for a job in the first Trump administration. His wife at the time, Kellyanne Conway, was a Trump aide. campaign manager in 2016 and then became a senior White House adviser.
But he quickly began to break with Trump during his first term. fight with the president on social networks in an altercation that generated awkward headlines given his wife's role in the first Trump administration. Conway and other anti-Trump Republicans started the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, which he has since abandoned while remaining a prominent anti-Trump voice in the media.
Him and Kellyanne Conway divorced 2023.
