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(CNN) — Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler , the dean of the New York congressional delegation, has decided not to run for reelection next year, his office told CNN on Monday.

Nadler, 78, told the New York Times in an interview published Monday he was convinced it was time for generational change and that a younger person “can maybe do better, can maybe help us more.”

He did not discuss who should succeed him, the Times said, but noted that many of his allies might enter the race.

The move comes around a month after Liam Elkind, a 26-year-old Democrat, entered the race for Nadler’s district as a primary challenger. He had pitched his run as “respectfully asking” Nadler, who has been in Congress since 1992, to retire.

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