Brooklyn City Councilman Chi Osse is shooting down rumors that he will mount a Democratic primary challenge to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries in next year’s midterm elections.

The progressive ally of mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani refuted a report claiming he has privately discussed an insurgent run against Jeffries, who has so far declined to endorse the Democratic City Hall standard bearer.

“Just to be clear, I’m not running for Congress,” Osse wrote in a text message to Axios, the site reported.

Osse, 27, added that he has little interest in leaving New York for a position on the national political stage.

“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 (Washington D.C.),” Osse wrote.

A spokesman for Jeffri

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