Zephyr Teachout
Zephyr Teachout | |
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 Teachout at the 2014 New York City LGBT Pride March | |
| Born | Zephyr Rain Teachout October 21, 1971 Vermont, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Yale University Duke University Law School |
| Occupation | Associate Professor of Law |
| Organization | Fordham University |
| Website | www |
Zephyr Rain Teachout (born October 21, 1971) is an American academic. She is an Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University. In 2014, she ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Governor of New York, losing to incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo. In July 2015 she was named as CEO and Board chair for the US-based anti-corruption nonprofit Mayday PAC, replacing Lawrence Lessig.[1]
Early life and education
Zephyr Rain Teachout,[2] the second of five children, was born in Vermont to Peter Teachout, a constitutional law professor at Vermont Law School, and Mary Miles Teachout, a state court judge.[3] Her father served in the United States Army as a Lieutenant during the Vietnam War and has a law degree from Harvard Law School.[3] She was raised on a farm outside of Norwich, Vermont.[2][3] She attended Hanover High School in Hanover, New Hampshire, where she was a champion cross-country runner.[3]
Teachout attended Yale University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1993. She went on to receive two simultaneous degrees from Duke University in 1999: a JD summa cum laude and a Master of Arts in political science.[4] After attaining her law degree, Teachout clerked for Chief Judge Edward Roy Becker of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.[5]
Career
She is an Associate Professor of Law at Fordham Law School and previously a Visiting Professor of Law at Duke University and a lecturer at the University of Vermont.[5]
Teachout is an antitrust and media expert who served as the Director of Internet Organizing for the 2004 Howard Dean presidential campaign. She cofounded A New Way Forward, an organization built to break up the power of big banks,[6] and was involved with Occupy Wall Street.[7] Teachout was also the first national director of the Sunlight Foundation.
2014 New York gubernatorial campaign
Zephyr Teachout and running mate Tim Wu faced off against incumbent Andrew Cuomo and comedian Randy Credico in the Democratic primary election on September 9, 2014.
During the Working Families Party convention to nominate a candidate for the 2014 gubernatorial election, Teachout lost a nomination bid against incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo's margin of victory was much closer than expected, especially since the Working Families Party traditionally cross-endorses the Democratic Party candidate.[8]
After losing the Working Families Party nomination to Cuomo, she announced that she would be running for the Democratic nomination for governor.[9] Her running mate, Lieutenant Governor candidate Tim Wu, is a Columbia University law professor who coined the phrase "net neutrality".[10][11][12] Their campaign raised $800,000, a small amount for New York state politics.[13] As of 4 days before the primary election polls showed their likely voter share at 26%, in line with the predictions of political professionals.[14] She and Wu lost to Cuomo and his running mate, former U.S. Representative Kathy Hochul in the primary on September 9, 2014,[15] but surprised experts and pollsters by capturing over 34% of the vote, with an especially strong showing in upstate New York.[16][17]
Acting
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Teachout is also an actress, and has acted at the Unadilla Theatre in East Calais, Vermont, for several summers over the last twenty years, beginning with roles in two Shakespeare plays, as Katherine in Love's Labour's Lost in 1994, and as Imogen in Cymbeline in 1995, both under the direction of Tom Blachly. Her most recent role was as Winnie in Samuel Beckett's Happy Days in 2012, under the direction of Bill Blachly.
Selected publications
Books
- Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United (Harvard University Press, September 2014)[18]
- Mousepads, Shoe Leather and Hope: Lessons from the Howard Dean Campaign for the Future of Internet Politics (Paradigm Publishers, 2007) (ed. with T. Streeter)[19]
Articles
- The Anti-Corruption Principle, 94 Cornell Law Review 341 (2009).
- The Unenforceable Corrupt Contract Corruption and 19th Century Contract Law, 35 NYU Review of Law and Social Change 693 (2011).
- "Cuomo Opponent Unbowed by Underdog Status " The New York Times, 25 August 2014, on page A15.
References
- ^ "Team and Board". Mayday PAC. July 27, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b Klopott, Freeman (August 5, 2014). "Cuomo Foe Teachout Finds Energy in Corruption Panel Mess". Bloomington. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c d Hallenbeck, Terri (August 5, 2014). "Former Vermonter stirring up NY politics". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Zephyr Rain Teachout J.D. '99, A.M. '99, Accidental Internet Guru". Dukemagazine.duke.edu. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Zephyr Teachout bio". Fordham University School of Law. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "A New Way Forward - Restore the Economy in the Public's Interest". anewwayforward.org. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
- ^ "Cuomo caves to get Working Families Party nod". New York Post. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Zephyr Teachout splits the W.F.P., and maybe Cuomo's base | Capital New York". capitalnewyork.com. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
- ^ Jacob Fischler. "Exclusive: Progressive Ticket Will Challenge Andrew Cuomo And His Running Mate In New York Primary". buzzfeed.com. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "Tim Wu Elected Board Chair At Free Press". Columbia Law School. 14 April 2008.
- ^ Bray, Hiawatha (21 December 2010). "FCC passes New Neutrality Rule". Boston Globe.
- ^ "Cuomo Spent Nearly 40 Times More Than Teachout To Win Primary - FDL News Desk". News.firedoglake.com. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Pro-Teachout poll puts Cuomo challenger at 26%". MSNBC. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "New York State Primary Election Results". Elections.nytimes.com. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "New York State Primary Election Results". Elections.nytimes.com. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Zephyr Teachout's primary loss has air of a victory party". NY Daily News. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ Teachout, Zephyr (September 8, 2014). Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674050402.
- ^ Teachout, Zephyr; Streeter, Thomas (September 2007). Mousepads, Shoe Leather, and Hope: Lessons from the Howard Dean Campaign for the Future of Internet Politics. Paradigm Press. ISBN 978-1-59451-484-5.
External links
- Zephyr Teachout for New York
- Publications and papers by Zephyr Teachout in the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) (abstracts; full texts).
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