Journalist Ross Barkan once ran for the New York statehouse with Mamdani as his campaign manager.
New York Mayoral Race
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Andrew Yang’s Road Not Taken
If the puckish former presidential candidate wants to own the libs or stay semi-famous, there was a better way to go.
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What New York City Taught Us About Ranked Choice Voting and the Democratic Party
The Eric Adams victory has lessons for how candidates can win under the system. Hint: Running in tandem with others is overrated.
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The Biggest Threat to Ranked Choice Voting? Andrew Yang.
The unlikely presidential candidate turned leading mayoral candidate could give a bad name to the popular replacement for winner-take-all elections. Here’s how.
Posted inJuly 1984
On Political Books
What’s next for Ed Koch? Cover boy, that’s what. The ever-visible Ed has never been more ubiquitous than in the months since publication of his controversial autobiography, Mayor. He’s hit the top of the nationwide best-sellers list, he’s done guest spots on such shows as “Gimme a Break” and ‘All My Children,’ he’s milked the […]
