NewDEAL Leaders

WASHINGTON — Post-election day may have seemed like the worst time to hold a gathering of progressive state and local leaders in the nation’s capital. After all, if one were to go strictly by MSNBC or other left-leaning media outlets... Read More

WASHINGTON —Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made something of a spiritual homecoming on Thursday, delivering what could be interpreted as valedictory remarks to a group that played a critical role in his rise in American politics. “The moments I remember best... Read More

WASHINGTON — NewDEAL, a center-left network of Democratic state and local elected officials, has announced its new class of 15 “forward-thinking” inductees.  With their induction, the new members will bring the total membership of NewDEAL to 214, culled from more... Read More

WASHINGTON — Democrats hoping to draw lessons from this year’s off-years to apply in 2024 would do well to try to localize the president’s national platform while also continuing to embrace the abortion issue, which still appears to be working... Read More

WASHINGTON — Fresh off a grueling, hard-fought Senate race that he ultimately lost to Republican newcomer and “Hillbilly Elegy” memoirist J.D. Vance, Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, smiled broadly as members of the NewDEAL rose to give him an extended standing... Read More