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Former Hudson Valley Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney is considering a return to Congress in New York's 17th District, according to a source familiar with his thinking.

The source said Maloney is weighing the decision to seek the Democratic nomination next year in response to Republican Rep. Mike Lawler's vote in favor of President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill."

Maloney represented New York's 18th Congressional District from 2013 to 2023 and was the chair of the powerful Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee from 2021 to 2023.

Maloney ultimately lost his seat when he ran against Lawler in 2022.

The source said Maloney is expected to decide at some point in the future, but added that the most important thing is beating Lawler next November.

If he chooses to run, Maloney would join an extremely crowded field of seven other Democrats who have already announced their intention to seek the party's nomination next June.

In response, Lawler wrote on X: "With at least seven far-left candidates already announced in the Democrat primary for New York’s 17th District, I’m sure Democrats are excited about the prospects of Sean Patrick Maloney making a come back [sic] — because it worked out so well the last time."

He added in a statement to News 12: “I guess Paris wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be? Unless Sean Patrick Maloney is willing to parrot the same extreme positions as Zohran Mamdani, he will face the same fate of his mentor Andrew Cuomo when he loses to one of the radical leftists already running in the Democrat Primary.”

Lawler is still considering his own political future on Capitol Hill.

He has hinted at launching a possible campaign as the Republican nominee for New York governor next year. Rep. Elise Stefanik and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman are also reportedly in the mix to run against whoever wins the Democratic nomination.