Author: Joshua Spivak

Socialist Zohran Mamdani‘s shock victory over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary may portend a big political future for Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman from Queens. Or, based on political history, likely not. The mayoral election managed to grab the nation’s attention, with Mamdani, a self-declared socialist, coming out…

Senators who were once governors often highlight their accomplishments in their previous roles. Wistful tales of trade missions abroad to drum up business for their states and enacting legislation on a bipartisan basis pepper Senate floor speeches, stray comments to reporters, and other remarks. It’s often a direct reaction against Congress’s accelerating slide into irrelevance,…

It wasn’t just George Washington that made third terms rare — presidents and governors wear out their welcome. It’s a timely matter since President Donald Trump regularly raises the possibility of another White House term despite the seemingly impenetrable barrier of the 22nd Amendment. His supporters have also bandied about theoretical workarounds to the constitutional…

With the 2026 election cycle approaching, speculation is reaching a fever pitch on whether former Vice President Kamala Harris will run for the open California governorship. Analysts cite the Sacramento perch, governing the nation’s most populous state, as a political path for the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee to make another White House bid in 2028.…

Former President Joe Biden’s departure from the political scene is not just the end of a historical career or a political era. It may represent the last gasp of the founders’ view of a presidential-congressional balance. For over a century, Congress’s power has been eroding, including during Biden’s 2021-25 presidency. Biden, by far the longest-serving…