The election is over; what did we learn? Join experts for an insiders’ look at election results, what to expect in the transition period and in the first 100 days. Thea Cohen, Director of Strategic Engagement at the American Constitution Society, Gabby Deutch, Senior National Correspondent at Jewish Insider and Dr. Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, Visiting Fellow in Governance Studies and Director of the Katzmann Initiative at Brookings Institution. Moderated by Dr. David Karol, Associate Professor of Government & Politics at the University of Maryland.
Meet the Speakers
Thea Cohen is the Director of Strategic Engagement at the American Constitution Society, where she oversees its clerkship assistance program and aids the state and federal judicial nominations pipeline. She has served as a part of the Voter Protection Team for the Democratic Party of Georgia in 2020, 2021, and 2024. Prior to that, she served as counsel for the Making Every Vote Count Foundation, an organization dedicated to exploring alternatives to the current presidential selection system.
Gabby Deutch is the Senior National Correspondent at Jewish Insider, where she covers politics, foreign policy, and a diverse array of stories across the Jewish world. Her work has been published in the Atlantic, Politico Magazine, Tablet, and the Washington Post.
David Karol is Associate Professor of Government & Politics at the University of Maryland. He teaches classes on American political parties, the presidency, and presidential elections. He is author of Party Position Change in American Politics: Coalition Management and Red, Green and Blue: The Partisan Divide on Environmental Issues and co-author of The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform.
Kathryn Dunn Tenpas is a visiting fellow in Governance Studies and director of the Katzmann Initiative. Named in honor of Judge Robert A. Katzmann, a Brookings scholar in Governance Studies from 1981-99, the Katzmann Initiative seeks to build on his decades-long scholarship to improve interbranch relations. Tenpas is also a practitioner senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center and serves on the Advisory Board of the White House Transition Project.
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