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  • Ruy Teixeira

    Ruy Teixeira is a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and co-founder of the Substack newsletter, The Long View. His most recent book, with John B. Judis, is Where Have All the Democrats Gone?

  • Scott Ferson

    Scott Ferson is the author of the upcoming book "How the Democrats Lost America: Making Sense of the 2024 Election and the Future of American Politics." He teaches at Stonehill College and is the president of The Liberty Square Group.

  • Natalie Jackson

    Survey researcher since 2006. Political science PhD. Independent pollster and columnist, National Journal. Nothing that I write is speaking for any organization I have worked for in past, present, or future - I only represent myself.

  • Michael Baharaeen

    Editor-in-Chief, The Long View. Previously @ The Liberal Patriot. KC made, GA-based. “In politics, as in religion, you can either spend your time hunting for heretics or looking for converts.”

  • Liam Kerr

    Liam Kerr is co-founder of Welcome, a community of centrist Democrats focused on winning majorities and governing well. We elect, convene, and amplify bold, pragmatic leaders who represent the middle.

  • Erica Etelson

    Author of Beyond Contempt: How Liberals Can Communicate Across the Great Divide. President of Rural Urban Bridge Initiative.

  • Lauren Harper Pope

    Co-Founder of Welcome, a community of centrist Democrats focused on winning majorities and governing well. We elect, convene, and amplify bold, pragmatic leaders who represent the center of the country, not the center of the Party.

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    Political Director at Welcome, a community of centrist Democrats focused on winning majorities and governing well. We elect, convene, and amplify bold, pragmatic leaders who represent the center of the country, not the center of the Party.

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