I just haven't waded into that territory. Obviously, if someone crosses some huge line, it's never something that I rule out. It would have to be kind of an egregious thing. I've said this both to my colleagues here and I say it across the board, you're never going to see me tell someone that they should never run.
I was a math professor at the University of Chicago. I started there in 2002 and certainly never envisioned getting into politics. But if you think about what [was] happening then, it's the year after 9/11, six months before the war in Iraq, we're watching as the country has been lied into a war by George W Bush. And frankly, too many Democrats were too scared to say what was obvious.
It's an incredible moment the city of Richmond is in and I feel we have a great opportunity to do bigger things. I feel like I have been showing the community how I can do things and deliver. As mayor, I will be the no-nonsense, results-oriented leader that Richmond needs today.
Abdul El-Sayed was only 32 when he first ran for office in 2018, facing off against Gretchen Whitmer and Shri Thanedar in the Michigan governor's race. With a background as a public health official, he was a relative unknown to most voters. But by the time the primary election day rolled around, El-Sayed had surged in the polls, claiming just under a third of the vote.
This third possibility has often been overlooked by commentary around Zohran Mamdani's election as New York City mayor. However, this scenario fits the tenure of John Vliet Lindsay perfectly: a New York mayor who, from 1966 to 1973, passed progressive legislation that leftists would dream of winning today, but whose administration nonetheless oversaw an erosion of working-class power. Because of this failure, Lindsay's good intentions and accomplishments were largely for naught.
For Mamdani, starting off strong is key, said George Arzt, a veteran Democratic political consultant in New York who worked for former Mayor Ed Koch."He's got to use the first 100 days of the administration to show people he can govern," he said. "You've got to set a mindset for people that's like, 'Hey, this guy's serious.'"That push should begin with Mamdani's speech on the day of his inauguration,
Both men are among a wave of young, progressive, charismatic candidates calling for change, amid a backlash to not only Donald Trump's second-term agenda, but also a historically unpopular Democratic Party that many feel are doing too little, too late. That list of progressives also includes Arizona representative-elect Adelita Grijalva; Robert Peters, who is running in Illinois' 2nd district; and Graham Platner, a democrat running for senate in Maine in a bid to unseat Republican Senator Susan Collins.
I feel electric, I feel amazing. I feel like being uncompromising in your values, whether it be about touching that third rail of speaking out against Israel or primarily focusing on affordability in your campaign strategy, turns out very effective. Piker added: It's something that I know you know, it's something I have spoken to every f*cking Democrat about. Can I curse on Zeteo? I am sorry.
The heart that beats in my chest today is the same one that quickened when, at 11 years old, I stood with my father along Union Avenue waiting to catch a glimpse of John F. Kennedy-the young senator from Massachusetts running for president. The photograph I snapped that day-now framed on my office wall in Washington-isn't sharp, but the moment was. It captured something lasting: a call to public service that has guided me ever since.
