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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==
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