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'{{short description|American academic, political activist and candidate}} {{use mdy dates |date=January 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Zephyr Teachout | image = Zephyr Teachout 2014 Pride March.jpg | alt = Woman with short brown hair and green sleeveless dress smiling into camera with United States flag in left background | caption = Teachout at a 2014 Pride March | birth_name = Zephyr Rain Teachout | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|10|24}} | birth_place = [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], U.S. | occupation = Attorney, law professor | years_active = 1999–present | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = Nicholas Juliusburger | children = 1 | education = {{Plainlist| * [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) * [[Duke University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} }} '''Zephyr Rain Teachout''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|iː|tʃ|aʊ|t}}, born October 24, 1971)<ref name=2016_Twitter-DateOfBirth>{{cite tweet|last=Teachout|first=Zephyr|user=ZephyrTeachout|number=789523253932990464|date=October 21, 2016|title=Contrary to wikipedia, it is not my birthday today. But thanks for all the wishes! I turn 45 on the 24th. A few more days of 44.|language=en}}</ref> is an American attorney, author, political candidate, and associate professor of law at [[Fordham University]].<ref name=2014_Nation-Profile>{{cite news|last1=Jaffe|first1=Sarah|title=How Zephyr Teachout Became a Contender|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-zephyr-teachout-became-contender/ |access-date=November 3, 2021 |work=The Nation|date=August 15, 2014}}</ref> In 2014, Teachout ran for the [[New York State Democratic Committee|Democratic Party]] nomination for [[governor of New York]] and lost to incumbent governor [[Andrew Cuomo]], receiving 34% of the primary vote.<ref name=2014_WSJ-NYGov-Loss>{{cite web|first1=Erica|last1=Orden|title=Cuomo Fends Off N.Y. Democratic Gubernatorial Primary Challenge|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/primary-day-for-cuomo-teachout-1410260335 |access-date=November 3, 2021 |work=Wall Street Journal|date=September 10, 2014}}</ref> In 2016, Teachout was a candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives]] in [[New York's 19th congressional district]].<ref name=2016_RollCall-Congress-Announce>{{cite news|last1=Garcia|first1=Eric|title=Zephyr Teachout Announces Run for Congress in New York|url=https://www.rollcall.com/2016/01/25/zephyr-teachout-announces-run-for-congress-in-new-york/ |work=Roll Call|date=January 25, 2016}}</ref> Teachout won the Democratic primary before losing to Republican [[John Faso]].<ref name=2017_NYTimes-USHouse19-Results>{{cite news|title=New York U.S. House 19th District Results: John Faso Wins|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-york-house-district-19-teachout-faso|work=The New York Times|date=August 1, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, Teachout was a candidate for New York State [[Attorney General of New York|attorney general]] in the [[New York Attorney General election, 2018|2018 elections]] but lost the Democratic nomination to [[Letitia James]].<ref name=2018_CityState-NYAG-RaceSummary>{{cite news|last1=Segers|first1=Grace|title=Updated: The race for attorney general takes shape|url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/campaigns-elections/new-york-attorney-general-race-takes-shape.html|work=City & State|date=June 6, 2018|language=en|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-date=May 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525133146/https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/campaigns-elections/new-york-attorney-general-race-takes-shape.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her candidacy was endorsed by ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name=2018_NYTimes-Endorsement>{{cite news|department=The Editorial Board|title=Opinion: The New York Times Endorses Zephyr Teachout for Attorney General in Thursday's Primary|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/19/opinion/zephyr-teachout-new-york-attorney-general.html|work=The New York Times|date=August 19, 2018}}</ref> On November 15, 2021, Teachout again announced her [[2022 New York Attorney General election#Democratic primary|candidacy]] for the Democratic nomination for New York State attorney general,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schnell|first=Michayel|date=16 November 2021|title=Zephyr Teachout running for New York AG|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/581594-zephyr-teachout-running-for-new-york-ag|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref> but suspended her campaign after the incumbent, James, who had been running for [[2022 New York gubernatorial election#Democratic primary|governor]], instead ran for reelection. Teachout endorsed James when she announced the suspension of her campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|agency=Associated Press|title=Zephyr Teachout exits race for New York attorney general|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-election-2022-ag-candidate-zephyr-teachout-exits-race-20211212-nex25le3xbhitpcobypvcg2ziu-story.html|access-date=2021-12-13|website=nydailynews.com}}</ref> On January 24, 2022, the New York State attorney general's office appointed Teachout as a special advisor and senior counsel for economic justice.<ref name="Senior Counsel">{{cite news |last1=Reisman |first1=Nick |title=Zephyr Teachout joins New York AG James' office |url=https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2022/01/24/zephyr-teachout-joins-ag-james--office |access-date=3 March 2022 |publisher=Spectrum News |date=24 January 2022}}</ref> ==Early life and education== Teachout was born in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], the second of five children, to Peter Teachout and Mary Miles Teachout. Peter, who served in the [[United States Army]] as a [[lieutenant]] during the [[Vietnam War]] and has a law degree from [[Harvard Law School]],<ref name=2014_BurlingtonFP-Profile>{{cite news|first1=Terri|last1=Hallenbeck|title=Former Vermonter stirring up NY politics|url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2014/08/05/former-vermont-challenges-cuomo/13589997/|work=Burlington Free Press|date=August 5, 2014}}</ref> was a professor at the [[University of Washington]] at the time.<ref name=2019_VermontLawSchool-Father>{{cite web|title=Faculty: Peter Teachout, Professor of Law|url=http://www.vermontlaw.edu/directory/person/teachout-peter|work=Vermont Law School|access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref> The family relocated to Vermont, where Peter became a constitutional law professor at [[Vermont Law School]], and Mary has served as a trial judge and founded the [[Vermont Law Review]].<ref name=2015_HuffPost-Profile>{{cite news|last1=Blumenthal|first1=Paul|title=Zephyr Teachout Puts America's Corporate Elites On Notice|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/zephyr-teachout-corporations_n_7156072|work=Huffington Post|date=May 6, 2015}}</ref> Raised on a farm outside [[Norwich, Vermont]],<ref name=2014_BurlingtonFP-Profile /><ref name=2014_Bloomberg-Profile>{{cite news|first1=Freeman|last1=Klopott|title=Cuomo Foe Teachout Finds Energy in Corruption Panel Mess|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-08-05/cuomo-foe-teachout-finds-energy-in-corruption-panel-mess|work=Bloomberg News|date=August 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/theater-review-downton-exposed-in-unadilla-production/article_ce09eaf3-bdbb-52a5-8cdb-c57a8e9f247e.html|title=Theater Review 'Downton' exposed in Unadilla production|first=Jim|last=Lowe|website=Rutland Herald|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref> Teachout attended [[Hanover High School (New Hampshire)|Hanover High School]] in [[Hanover, New Hampshire]], where she was a champion cross-country runner<ref name=2014_BurlingtonFP-Profile /> and acted in school plays.<ref name="happy-days"/> In 1993, Teachout received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree from [[Yale University]], where she participated in theatrical productions.<ref name="happy-days">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/LiveCulture/archives/2017/08/14/happy-days-are-here-again-at-unadilla-theatre|title=Happy Days Are Here Again at Unadilla Theatre|first=Sally|last=Pollak|website=Seven Days|access-date=2020-02-01}}</ref> In 1999, she earned two simultaneous degrees from [[Duke University]]: a [[Juris Doctor]], ''summa cum laude'', and a [[Master of Arts]] degree in [[political science]].<ref name=2007_DukeMagazine-Profile>{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Malina|title=Zephyr Rain Teachout J.D. '99, A.M. '99, Accidental Internet Guru|url=https://alumni.duke.edu/magazine/articles/zephyr-rain-teachout-jd-99-am-99-accidental-internet-guru|work=Duke Magazine|publisher=Duke University|date=November 30, 2007 |access-date=January 25, 2020 }}</ref> She was also editor-in-chief of the ''Duke Law Journal''.<ref name=2019_Fordham-FacultyPage/> ==Career== After graduating from law school, Teachout clerked for Chief Judge [[Edward R. Becker]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]].<ref name=2019_Fordham-FacultyPage>{{cite web|title=Zephyr Teachout, Associate Professor of Law|url=https://www.fordham.edu/info/23186/zephyr_teachout,title|work=Fordham University School of Law|access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref> She served as the director of Internet organizing for the 2004 [[Howard Dean]] presidential campaign. In 2009 she helped found the Antitrust League.<ref name=2015_HuffPost-Profile /> She was the first national director of the [[Sunlight Foundation]], which promotes transparency and accountability in government.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mogulescu|first1=Miles|title=Run, Zephyr, Run — Teachout Should Challenge Hillary for the Democratic Presidential Nomination|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-mogulescu/run-zephyr-runteachout-sh_b_5805234.html|access-date=April 17, 2015|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=September 11, 2014}}</ref> She has been a professor at [[Fordham University School of Law|Fordham Law School]] since 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fordham.edu/info/23186/zephyr_teachout|title=Zephyr Teachout|website=www.fordham.edu}}</ref> She was a visiting professor of law at [[Duke University]] in 2007<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://law.duke.edu/news/faculty-lives-public-service-zephyr-teachout-99/|title=Faculty Lives in Public Service: Zephyr Teachout '99|website=Duke University School of Law}}</ref> and a lecturer at the [[University of Vermont]].<ref name=2019_Fordham-FacultyPage /> ===Actor=== Teachout is also an actor who has performed in many plays at the Unadilla Theatre in [[Marshfield, Vermont]], directed by Bill Blachly,<ref name="happy-days"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unadilla.org/|title=Vermont Theatre Festival – Unadilla Theatre and Festival Theatre – Incorporated 1979|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref> appearing as Katherine in Shakespeare's ''Love's Labour's Lost'' in 1994 and as Imogen in Shakespeare's ''Cymbeline'' in 1995. She played Winnie in Samuel Beckett's ''Happy Days'' in 2012 and 2019.<ref name="happy-days"/> In 2013, Teachout was Lady Utterwood in George Bernard Shaw's ''Heartbreak House''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/theater-review-downton-exposed-in-unadilla-production/article_ce09eaf3-bdbb-52a5-8cdb-c57a8e9f247e.html|title=Theater Review 'Downton' exposed in Unadilla production|first=Jim|last=Lowe|website=Rutland Herald|access-date=2020-02-01}}</ref> In 2019, she played Anne in Florian Zeller's 2012 play ''The Father''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/theater-review-the-father-unadilla-theatre/Content?oid=28108490|title=Theater Review: 'The Father,' Unadilla Theatre|first=Erik|last=Esckilsen|website=Seven Days|access-date=2020-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesargus.com/features/vermont_arts/theater-review-the-father-delivers-dementia-up-close-and-personal/article_91f13447-a2fb-5c3a-8ba3-1e423589fd8b.html|title=Theater Review: 'The Father' delivers dementia, up close and personal|first=Jim|last=Lowe|website=Times Argus|access-date=2020-02-01}}</ref> ===Public affairs=== In August 2015, Teachout became CEO and board chair of the [[Campaign finance reform in the United States|campaign finance reform]]–oriented organization [[Mayday PAC]], replacing [[Lawrence Lessig]]. She stepped down from this position in December 2015 to run for the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] in [[New York's 19th congressional district]].<ref name=2016_RollCall-Congress-Announce /> Teachout volunteered at [[Occupy Wall Street]], where she encouraged the movement to focus on the importance of decentralized power, citing the ideas of [[James Madison]], and worked to educate activists in corporate law and policy.<ref name=2014_Nation-Profile /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Tim |title=Bernie Sanders' Revolution Might Win in New York After All |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/04/zephyr-teachout-bernie-sanders-new-york |access-date=November 3, 2016 |work=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |date=April 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Weigel |first1=David |title=The Left Flank: Progressives Zephyr Teachout and Tim Wu are on a mission to push the New York governor's race to the left |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/07/zephyr-teachout-and-tim-wus-bid-against-new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo-a-challenge-from-the-left.html |date=July 18, 2014 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |access-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref> In January 2017, Teachout joined the [[Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington]]'s [[CREW v. Trump|lawsuit]] against President [[Donald Trump|Trump]], alleging violations of the Constitution's [[Foreign Emoluments Clause|emoluments clause]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 24, 2017 |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/24/14358654/trump-lawsuit-emoluments-clause-constitution |title=The new lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of violating the Constitution, explained|last=Nelson|first=Libby|newspaper=Vox|access-date=February 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/24/opinions/why-were-suing-donald-trump-zephyr-teachout/index.html |date=January 25, 2017 |title=Why We're Suing Donald Trump |last=Teachout |first=Zephyr |publisher=CNN |access-date=February 6, 2017}}</ref> As of May 2018, she served on the board of advisors of [[Let America Vote]], an organization founded by former [[List of Missouri Secretaries of State|Missouri Secretary of State]] [[Jason Kander]] that aims to end [[voter suppression]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.letamericavote.org/boardofadvisors/|title=Advisors|publisher=Let America Vote|access-date=May 1, 2018}}</ref> In October of that year she was appointed to the editorial board of ''[[The Nation]]''.<ref>{{cite press release |title='The Nation' Appoints Anti-Corruption Powerhouse Zephyr Teachout to Its Editorial Board |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/the-nation-appoints-anti-corruption-powerhouse-zephyr-teachout-to-editorial-board/ |website=[[The Nation]] |access-date=June 13, 2019 |date=October 18, 2018 |archive-date=November 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112022336/https://www.thenation.com/article/the-nation-appoints-anti-corruption-powerhouse-zephyr-teachout-to-editorial-board/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ===2014 New York gubernatorial campaign=== [[File:TAG Zephyr Teachout.jpg|thumb|right|Teachout shaking hands with [[National Writers Union]] (UAW Local 1981) president Larry Goldbetter at the "We Will Not Go Back" march and rally held on August 23, 2014.]] {{See also|New York gubernatorial election, 2014}} Teachout faced off against incumbent [[Andrew Cuomo]] and comedian [[Randy Credico]] in the Democratic primary election on September 9, 2014. In July 2014, the Board of Elections received objections from Harris Weiss and Austin Sternlicht challenging Teachout's New York residency.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lovett|first=Ken|date=July 21, 2014|title=Objections filed to Zephyr Teachout's petitions to challenge Gov. Cuomo in Democratic primary|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/objections-filed-zephyr-teachout-petitions-challenge-gov-cuomo-democratic-primary-blog-entry-1.1874991|website=Daily News}}</ref> She first ran for the [[Working Families Party]] nomination, but lost to Cuomo. His margin of victory was much smaller than expected, especially since the Working Families Party traditionally cross-endorses the Democratic Party candidate.<ref name="capitalnewyork">{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2014/05/8546302/zephyr-teachout-splits-wfp-and-maybe-cuomos-base|title=Zephyr Teachout splits the W.F.P., and maybe Cuomo's base|publisher=capitalnewyork.com|access-date=June 14, 2014}}</ref> Teachout then announced that she would run for the Democratic nomination.<ref name="buzzfeed">{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jacobfischler/zephyr-teachout-challenges-andrew-cuomo |date=June 13, 2014 |title=Exclusive: Progressive Ticket Will Challenge Andrew Cuomo And His Running Mate In New York Primary|first=Jacob|last=Fischler|publisher=buzzfeed.com|access-date=June 14, 2014}}</ref> Her running mate was [[Tim Wu]], a [[Columbia University Law School]] professor who coined the phrase "[[net neutrality]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Wu |first=Tim |url=http://www.freepress.net/files/timwu.pdf |title=Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination |work=freepress.net |date=April 23, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206105257/http://www.freepress.net/files/timwu.pdf |archive-date=February 6, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Columbia Law School">{{cite web|url=http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2008/april2008/Wu_FreePress|title=Tim Wu Elected Board Chair At Free Press|date=April 14, 2008|publisher=Columbia Law School|access-date=July 28, 2014|archive-date=May 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510220430/http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2008/april2008/Wu_FreePress|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/12/fcc_passes_new.html|title=FCC passes New Neutrality Rule|date=December 21, 2010|newspaper=Boston Globe|first=Hiawatha|last=Bray}}</ref> Their platform called for a rollback of Cuomo's tax cuts for the wealthy, investment in transportation and broadband infrastructure, a statewide fracking ban, an end to high-stakes testing and fair funding for schools in both under-resourced and affluent school districts, restoring voting rights to convicted felons, and support for the NY DREAM Act and anti-corruption measures, including public financing of elections to reduce the power of corporate donors and affluent political insiders.<ref name=2014_Nation-Profile /> Their campaign raised $800,000, a small amount for New York state politics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shadowproof.com/2014/09/10/cuomo-spent-nearly-40-times-more-than-teachout-to-win-primary/ |first=Jane |last=Hamsher |date=September 10, 2014 |title=Cuomo Spent Nearly 40 Times More Than Teachout To Win Primary|publisher=[[Firedoglake]] |access-date=December 28, 2014}}</ref> Four days before the primary, polls showed their likely voter share at 26%, in line with the predictions of political professionals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.com/steve-kornacki/zephyr-teachout-likely-wont-exceed-expectations-polls|title=Pro-Teachout poll puts Cuomo challenger at 26%|work=MSNBC|access-date=December 28, 2014}}</ref> Teachout and Wu lost to Cuomo and his running mate, former [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] [[Kathy Hochul]], in the primary on September 9, 2014. Although Teachout was only expected to receive 26% of the vote (based on polling days before the election), she received 33%. ===2016 U.S. House campaign=== In March 2015, Teachout moved from Brooklyn to [[Dutchess County, New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/For-Teachout-shades-of-2014-show-in-NY-19-8054056.php |first=Matthew |last=Hamilton |date=June 11, 2016 |newspaper=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]] |title=For Teachout, shades of 2014 show in NY-19 campaign}}</ref> Ten months later she announced her candidacy in [[New York's 19th congressional district]]'s 2016 Democratic congressional primary.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McKinley|first1=Jesse|title=Zephyr Teachout Announces Bid for New York Congressional Seat|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/nyregion/zephyr-teachout-announces-bid-for-new-york-congressional-seat.html|access-date=August 8, 2016|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=January 25, 2016}}</ref> She ran to replace Republican [[Chris Gibson (New York politician)|Chris Gibson]], who was retiring. In the June 28 primary Teachout won the nomination. She was endorsed by U.S. Senators [[Bernie Sanders]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/zephyr-teachout-democratic-primary_us_57728b8ee4b0f168323aee9d|title=Progressive Icon Zephyr Teachout Wins Democratic Primary In New York|last=Carter|first=Zach|date=June 28, 2016|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-new-york_n_5772b9a8e4b0eb90355c7563 |title=Bernie Sanders Gets Mixed Results With Progressive Candidates In New York Primaries|last=Terkel |first=Amanda |date=June 28, 2016|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref> [[Kirsten Gillibrand]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2016/03/gillibrand-fundraises-for-teachout|title=NY-19: Gillibrand Fundraises For Teachout|website=www.nystateofpolitics.com|access-date=August 20, 2016|archive-date=August 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813034128/http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2016/03/gillibrand-fundraises-for-teachout/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Chuck Schumer]],<ref>{{Cite web |first=Simone |last=Pathé |url=https://www.rollcall.com/2016/06/27/poll-teachout-and-faso-hold-strong-leads-ahead-of-new-york-primary/ |title=Poll: Teachout and Faso Hold Strong Leads Ahead of New York Primary|date=June 27, 2016|website=Roll Call|access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref> New York Governor [[Andrew Cuomo]], the [[National Education Association]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.neafund.org/Home/Candidates|title=NEA Fund - Recommended Candidates|website=www.neafund.org|access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref> [[New York State United Teachers]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nysut.org/news/2016/april/nysut-recommends-early-endorsements|title=NYSUT recommends early endorsements|website=www.nysut.org|access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref> [[National Nurses United]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/legislation/entry/nnu-endorsements|title=NNU Endorsements|website=www.nationalnursesunited.org|access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref> the [[Communication Workers of America]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/249132/in-a-double-header-cwa-endorses-teachout-niccoli|title=In a double-header, CWA endorses Teachout, Niccoli|date=May 11, 2016|access-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref> [[EMILY's List]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.emilyslist.org/candidates/zephyr-teachout|title=Zephyr Teachout|website=emilyslist.org|access-date=August 20, 2016|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821041959/http://www.emilyslist.org/candidates/zephyr-teachout|archive-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref> and the [[Sierra Club]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sierra Club Endorses Teachout for Congress|url=http://www.zephyrteachoutforcongress.com/news/sierra-club-endorses-teachout|access-date=November 16, 2016|archive-date=October 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029060306/http://www.zephyrteachoutforcongress.com/news/sierra-club-endorses-teachout|url-status=dead}}</ref> She lost to Republican [[John Faso]] in the November 8 general election by nine percentage points.<ref>{{cite web|title=New York U.S. House 19th district results: John Faso wins|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-york-house-district-19-teachout-faso|date=December 13, 2016|access-date=February 2, 2016|work=The New York Times}}</ref> ===2018 Attorney General campaign=== Teachout served as treasurer for [[Cynthia Nixon]]'s campaign for [[governor of New York]] until May 2018, when she announced she was running for [[Attorney General of New York|attorney general of New York]] in the [[New York Attorney General election, 2018|2018 election]].<ref name="paiella">{{cite news|first=Gabriella |last=Paiella |date=May 23, 2018 |title=Zephyr Teachout Is Running for Attorney General of New York|access-date=May 25, 2018|url=https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/zephyr-teachout-running-attorney-general-new-york.html |work=[[thecut.com]]}}</ref> At the time Teachout was pregnant, expecting a child in October, one month after the primary and one month before the general election.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5357728/zephyr-teachout-pregnant-new-york-attorney-general-race/ |first=Alana |last=Abramson |date=August 16, 2018 |title=Zephyr Teachout Wants To Be New York's Top Lawyer. She's Also Pregnant. But Don't Let That Overshadow Her Campaign|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=September 3, 2018}}</ref> On August 19, 2018, ''The New York Times'' endorsed Teachout for state attorney general. Its editorial board members argued that she would be the ideal candidate to hold both President Trump as well as the state government to account.<ref name=2018_NYTimes-Endorsement /> On September 13, 2018, Teachout lost the Democratic primary for attorney general to [[Letitia James]], receiving 31% of the vote to James's 40.6%.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/nyregion/letitia-james-attorney-general.html|title=Letitia James Makes History by Winning Attorney General Primary in New York|work=The New York Times |date=September 14, 2018 |access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en|last1=Mays |first1=Jeffery C. }}</ref> === 2022 Attorney General campaign === On October 29, 2021, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced her candidacy for governor in 2022. Teachout had previously announced that if James ran for governor, she would run again for attorney general in the Democratic primary.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reisman|first=Nick|date=2 October 2021|title=Teachout plans AG campaign if James runs for governor|url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/ny-state-of-politics/2021/10/02/teachout-plans-ag-campaign-if-james-runs-for-governor|website=Spectrum News 1}}</ref> On November 15, Teachout announced her candidacy on her Twitter account and at a press conference in Downtown [[Brooklyn]]. Her campaign was supported by [[Minnesota]] Attorney General [[Keith Ellison]] and [[Harvard Law School]] Professor [[Lawrence Lessig]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bergin|first=Brigid|date=15 November 2021|title=Teachout Launches State AG Bid Centering Women's Health And Progressive Support|url=https://gothamist.com/news/teachout-launches-state-ag-bid-centering-womens-health-and-progressive-support|website=Gothamist}}</ref> James ended her campaign for governor, and decided to run for reelection for New York Attorney General; on December 12 Teachout suspended her campaign for attorney general and endorsed James. === Senior counsel for economic justice === On January 24, 2022, the New York State attorney general's office appointed Teachout as a special advisor and senior counsel for economic justice.<ref name="Senior Counsel"/> In a tweet, she wrote that she would take a leave of absence from her position at Fordham Law School. ==Political views== Teachout was among the minority of Democratic congressional candidates who endorsed [[Bernie Sanders]] during the [[2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2016 Democratic presidential primaries]]. She was also among the first candidates Sanders endorsed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20160912/bernie-sanders-to-campaign-for-zephyr-teachout-in-new-paltz-on-friday|title=Bernie Sanders to campaign for Zephyr Teachout in New Paltz on Friday|access-date=October 10, 2016}}</ref> He subsequently endorsed her for [[Attorney General of New York|attorney general of New York]] in 2018,<ref name="Blumberg">{{cite web |last1=Blumberg |first1=Antonia |title=Bernie Sanders Endorses Zephyr Teachout For New York Attorney General |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-endorses-zephyr-teachout_us_5b96a04be4b0cf7b00425a3a |website=Huffington Post |access-date=September 11, 2018 |date=September 10, 2018}}</ref> and Teachout endorsed him in the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020 Democratic presidential primary]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/zephyr-teachout-endorses-bernie-sanders-2020-democratic-presidential-primary_n_5e0649fcc5b6b5a713adf893|title=Zephyr Teachout, Anti-Corruption Crusader, Endorses Bernie Sanders|last=Marans|first=Daniel|date=December 27, 2019|website=HuffPost|language=en|access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> In a January 2020 opinion column in ''[[The Guardian]]'', Teachout wrote that Sanders's Democratic presidential rival [[Joe Biden]] had "a big corruption problem" arising from his relationships with donors over the course of his Senate career. Sanders apologized to Biden for the article, saying: "It is absolutely not my view that Joe is corrupt in any way."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/20/joe-biden-corruption-donald-trump|title='Middle Class' Joe Biden has a corruption problem – it makes him a weak candidate {{!}} Zephyr Teachout|first=Zephyr|last=Teachout|newspaper=The Guardian |date=2020-01-20|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/21/politics/bernie-sanders-apologizes-joe-biden-corruption-oped/index.html|title=Sanders apologizes to Biden for supporter's attack op-ed|first=Veronica |last=Stracqualursi|website=CNN|date=January 21, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/us/politics/bernie-sanders-apologizes-joe-biden.html|title=Sanders Apologizes to Biden for Surrogate's Critique|first=Daniel|last=Victor|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2020-01-21}}</ref> Teachout's platform for her House campaign included a higher [[minimum wage]], increased spending on public infrastructure, a ban on fracking, an increase in manufacturing jobs,<ref name="dailyfreeman.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20160607/zephyr-teachout-will-yandik-find-a-lot-to-agree-on-at-democratic-congressional-debate|title=Zephyr Teachout, Will Yandik find a lot to agree on at Democratic congressional debate|date=June 7, 2016|access-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref> [[property tax]] cuts,<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20160804/teachout-touts-plan-to-help-independent-businesses-and-small-farms-faso-calls-it-naive-and-unrealistic|title=Teachout touts plan to help independent businesses and small farms; Faso calls it 'naive and unrealistic'|date=August 4, 2016|access-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref> increased investment in rural infrastructure,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> an end to [[Common Core]] and high-stakes testing,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/2016/06/24/teachout-yandik-face-off-democratic-primary/86288124|title=Teachout, Yandik to face off in Democratic primary|access-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20160607/zephyr-teachout-will-yandik-find-a-lot-to-agree-on-at-democratic-congressional-debate|title=Zephyr Teachout, Will Yandik find a lot to agree on at Democratic congressional debate|date=June 7, 2016|access-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref> and [[Campaign finance reform in the United States|campaign finance reform]] (specifically working to overturn ''[[Citizens United v. FEC]]'').<ref name="Kormann">{{cite web|last1=Kormann|first1=Carolyn|title=Zephyr Teachout's Loss and the Fight Against Dark Money|url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/zephyr-teachouts-loss-and-the-fight-against-dark-money|website=New Yorker|access-date=November 13, 2016|date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> While running for [[Attorney General of New York]], Teachout pledged that she would use the power of the office to sue Trump for violating anti-corruption laws and to force him to [[divest]] from his businesses.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/teachout-has-trump-on-her-mind-as-she-makes-run-for-attorney-general-1528232347|title=Teachout Has Trump on Her Mind as She Makes Run for Attorney General|last=Korte|first=Lara|date=June 6, 2018|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=June 6, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref name="Freedlander">{{cite web |last1=Freedlander |first1=David |title=The Woman Behind the New York Campaign to Take Down Trump |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/17/lock-him-up-donald-trump-zephyr-teachout-219367 |website=Politico |access-date=September 11, 2018 |date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> ==Electoral history== {{Election box begin no change|title=2014 New York gubernatorial Democratic primary<ref name=primaryresults>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2014/Primary/2014StateLocalPrimaryElectionResults.pdf |title=2014 State Local Primary Results|publisher=New York State Board Of Elections|access-date=April 3, 2020}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=[[Andrew Cuomo]] (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=361,380|percentage=62.92%}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Zephyr Teachout|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=192,210|percentage=33.47%}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=[[Randy Credico]]|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=20,760|percentage=3.61%}} {{Election box total no change|votes=574,350|percentage=100.00%}} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change|title=2016 New York's 19th Congressional District Democratic primary<ref name=NYPrimary>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2016/Primary/FederalPrimaryResults.pdf|title=June 28, 2016 Primary Election Congressional Primary Results|publisher=New York Board of Elections|access-date=April 3, 2020}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Zephyr Teachout|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=13,801|percentage=71.3%}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Will Yandik|party = Democratic Party (United States)|votes=5,561|percentage=28.7%}} {{Election box total no change|votes=19,362|percentage=100.00%}} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change|title=2016 New York's 19th Congressional District general election<ref name=NYGeneral>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2016/General/Congress_11082016_Amend12212016.pdf|title=New York State Official Election Night Results|publisher=New York Board of Elections|access-date=December 28, 2016|archive-date=December 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229034451/http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2016/General/Congress_11082016_Amend12212016.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=''John Faso''|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=134,825|percentage=44.4%}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=''John Faso''|party=Conservative Party of New York State|votes=21,156|percentage=7.0%}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=''John Faso''|party=Independence Party of New York|votes=7,943|percentage=2.6%}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=''John Faso''|party=Reform Party (United States)|votes=876|percentage=0.3%}} {{Election box winning candidate no change|candidate=[[John Faso]]|party=Total|votes=164,800|percentage=54.3%}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=''Zephyr Teachout''|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=123,733|percentage=40.7%}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=''Zephyr Teachout''|party=Working Families Party|votes=15,067|percentage=5.0%}} {{Election box candidate no change|candidate=Zephyr Teachout|party=Total|votes=138,800|percentage=45.7%}} {{Election box total no change|votes=303,600|percentage=100.00%}} {{Election box hold with party link no change|winner = Republican Party (United States)}} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change|title=2018 New York Attorney General Democratic primary}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=[[Letitia James]]|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=608,308|percentage=38.53%}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Zephyr Teachout|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=468,083|percentage=29.65%}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=[[Sean Patrick Maloney]]|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=379,099|percentage=24.02%}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=[[Leecia Eve]]|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=52,367|percentage=3.32%}} {{Election box total no change|votes=1,578,588|percentage=100.00%}} {{Election box end}} ==Personal life and family== Teachout is married to Nicholas S. Juliusburger, a software company executive. They live in East Harlem, Manhattan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Zephyr Teachout gets married|url=http://www.riverreporteronline.com/news/4302/2016/08/31/zephyr-teachout-gets-married|access-date=October 6, 2016|work=riverreporteronline.com|date=August 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009144749/https://www.riverreporteronline.com/news/4302/2016/08/31/zephyr-teachout-gets-married |archive-date=9 October 2016}}</ref> In October 2018, Teachout and Juliusburger were expecting their first child. Teachout used footage of her receiving an [[ultrasound]] in a campaign advertisement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/09/zephyr-teachout-gets-ultrasound-in-her-latest-campaign-ad.html |date=September 11, 2018 |title=Zephyr Teachout Gets an Ultrasound in Her Latest Campaign Ad|first=Margaret|last=Hartmann|access-date=September 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://time.com/5357728/zephyr-teachout-pregnant-new-york-attorney-general-race/|title=Zephyr Teachout Wants To Be New York's Top Lawyer. She's Also Pregnant. But Don't Let That Overshadow Her Campaign|magazine=Time|access-date=September 13, 2018}}</ref><ref name="paiella"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Zepher-Teachout-AG-candidate-expecting-first-12947385.php|title=Zephyr Teachout, AG candidate, expecting first child|date=May 27, 2018|access-date=September 13, 2018}}</ref> In 2020, Teachout enrolled in the [[Master of Divinity]] program at [[Union Theological Seminary (New York City)|Union Theological Seminary]].<ref name="JustConversationsFB">{{cite web |url=https://facebook.com/unionseminary/posts/1a0157202900716548/ |title=Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas: Zephyr Teachout |publisher=Union Theological Seminary}}</ref><ref name="JustConversationsYT">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxc2e4nigUM |title=Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas: Zephyr Teachout |publisher=Union Theological Seminary}}</ref> For her field education, she served at [[Saint Luke's Lutheran Church]].<ref name="2023-12-13">{{cite web |url=https://myemail.constantcontact.com/-We-demand-God-s-great-love-even-as-we-betray-each-other-.html?soid=1131276139618 |title=We demand God's great love even as we betray each other |author=Zephyr Teachout |publisher=Saint Luke's Lutheran Church}}</ref> ==Selected works and publications== ===Books=== * {{cite book|editor1-last=Teachout|editor1-first=Zephyr|editor2-last=Streeter|editor2-first=Thomas|title=Mousepads, Shoe Leather, and Hope: Lessons from the Howard Dean Campaign for the Future of Internet Politics|date=2007|publisher=Paradigm Publishers|location=Boulder, CO|isbn=9781594514845|oclc=1100703254}} * {{cite book|last1=Teachout|first1=Zephyr|title=Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United|date=2014|publisher=Harvard University Press|location=Cambridge, MA|isbn=9780674050402|oclc=900727926}} * {{cite book|last1=Teachout|first1=Zephyr|title=Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money|date=2020|publisher=All Points Book/St. Martin's Publishing Group|location=New York|isbn=9781250200891|oclc=1112261337}} ===Selected articles=== * {{cite journal|last1=Teachout|first1=Zephyr Rain|title=Defining and Punishing Abroad: Constitutional Limits on the Extraterritorial Reach of the Offenses Clause|journal=Duke Law Journal|date=April 1999|volume=48|issue=6|pages=1305–1331|doi=10.2307/1373018|publisher=Duke University School of Law|issn=0012-7086|oclc=5544330962|jstor=1373018|url=https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dlj/vol48/iss6/3}} * {{cite journal|last1=Teachout|first1=Zephyr|title=Received Forms|journal=Feminist Studies|date=Autumn 2001|volume=27|issue=3|pages=732|doi=10.2307/3178816|publisher=Feminist Studies, Inc.|issn=0046-3663|oclc=5547967358|jstor=3178816}} * {{cite journal|last1=Teachout|first1=Zephyr|title=CB's, Meetup, and Visible Volunteers: From the Dean Campaign to the Future of Internet Organizing|journal=Social Policy|date=Winter 2004–2005|volume=35|issue=2|page=4|url=https://www.socialpolicy.org/winter-2004--2005/89-cbs-meetup-and-visible-volunteers-from-the-dean-campaign-to-the-future-of-internet-organizing.html|publisher=American Institute for Social Justice|issn=0037-7783|oclc=98468683}} {{closed access}} * {{cite journal|last1=Teachout|first1=Zephyr|title=Organizing Connection: Lessons from the 'Net|journal=Social Policy|date=Winter 2005–2006|volume=36|issue=2|page=24|url=https://www.socialpolicy.org/winter-2005--2006/150-organizing-connection-lessons-from-the-net.html|publisher=American Institute for Social Justice|issn=0037-7783|oclc=102260391}} {{closed access}} * {{cite journal|last1=Teachout|first1=Zephyr|title=The Anti-Corruption Principle|journal=Cornell Law Review|volume=94|issue=2|year=2009|pages=341–413|url=https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/research/cornell-law-review/upload/teachout-final.pdf|issn=0010-8847|oclc=779230052}} * {{cite journal|last1=Teachout|first1=Zephyr|title=Extraterritorial Electioneering and the Globalization of American Elections|journal=Berkeley Journal of International Law|date=2009|volume=27|issue=1|pages=162–191|url=https://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1367&context=bjil|issn=1085-5718|oclc=8091528754|access-date=November 2, 2019|archive-date=August 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818000456/http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1367&context=bjil|url-status=dead}} * {{cite journal|last1=Teachout|first1=Zephyr|title=Facts in Exile: Corruption and Abstraction in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission|journal=Loyola University Chicago Law Journal|date=January 2011|volume=42|issue=2|doi=10.2139/ssrn.1946004 |ssrn=1946004 |oclc=7375038005|url=https://lawecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1044&context=luclj}} * {{cite journal|last1=Teachout|first1=Zephyr|title=The Unenforceable Corrupt Contract: Corruption and 19th Century Contract Law|journal=NYU Review of Law and Social Change|year=2011|volume=35|pages=681–705|url=http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1431&context=faculty_scholarship|issn=0048-7481}} * {{cite journal|last1=Teachout|first1=Zephyr|title=The Historical Roots of Citizens United v. FEC: How Anarchists and Academics Accidentally Created Corporate Speech Rights|journal=Harvard Law & Policy Review|date=2011|volume=5|issue=1|pages=163–187|url=https://harvardlpr.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2013/05/5.1_8_Teachout.pdf}} * {{cite journal|last1=Teachout|first1=Zephyr|last2=Khan|first2=Lina|title=Market Structure and Political Law: A Taxonomy of Power|journal=Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy|date=2014|volume=9|issue=2|pages=37–74|url=http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1087&context=djclpp|issn=1937-9439|oclc=904591607}} * {{cite journal|last1=Teachout|first1=Zephyr|last2=Tillman|first2=Seth Barrett|title=The Foreign Emoluments Clause: Article I, Section 9, Clause 8|journal=Interactive Constitution|date=2016|url=https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/interpretation/article-i/clauses/759|publisher=National Constitution Center|format=Interactive online website}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== * {{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=David W.|title=Cuomo Opponent Unbowed by Underdog Status|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/nyregion/cuomo-opponent-unbowed-by-underdog-status.html|work=The New York Times|page=A15|date=August 25, 2014}} ==External links== {{sister project links|d=Q17183687|n=no|b=no|v=no|voy=no|m=no|mw=no|species=no|c=Category:Zephyr Teachout|s=no|wikt=no}} * [https://www.fordham.edu/info/23186/zephyr_teachout,title Zephyr Teachout] at [[Fordham University School of Law]] * [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=141431 Zephyr Teachout] at [[Social Science Research Network|Social Science Research Network (SSRN)]] – Publications & abstracts * {{Twitter}} * {{C-SPAN|1008153}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Teachout, Zephyr}} [[Category:1971 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Access to Knowledge activists]] [[Category:American women academics]] [[Category:American women journalists]] [[Category:Candidates in the 2016 United States elections]] [[Category:Copyright scholars]] [[Category:Duke University School of Law alumni]] [[Category:Fordham University faculty]] [[Category:Writers from Vermont]] [[Category:Yale University alumni]] [[Category:Duke University alumni]] [[Category:Duke University faculty]] [[Category:University of Vermont faculty]] [[Category:New York (state) Democrats]] [[Category:Women in New York (state) politics]] [[Category:Writers from New York (state)]] [[Category:Candidates in the 2014 United States elections]] [[Category:21st-century American politicians]] [[Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers]] [[Category:21st-century American women writers]] [[Category:21st-century American women politicians]] [[Category:People from Norwich, Vermont]] [[Category:American women legal scholars]] [[Category:American legal scholars]]'