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Teachout served as treasurer for [[Cynthia Nixon]]'s campaign for [[governor of New York]] until May 2018, when she announced she was running for [[Attorney General of New York|attorney general of New York]] in the [[New York Attorney General election, 2018|2018 election]].<ref>{{cite news|work=New York Post |first=Carl |last=Campanile |date=May 18, 2018 |title=Zephyr Teachout ditching Nixon campaign to run for state AG|access-date=May 25, 2018|url=https://nypost.com/2018/05/18/zephyr-teachout-ditching-nixon-campaign-to-run-for-state-ag/}}</ref><ref name="paiella">{{cite news|first=Gabriella |last=Paiella |date=May 23, 2018 |title=Zephyr Teachout Is Running for Attorney General of New York|access-date=May 25, 2018|url=https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/zephyr-teachout-running-attorney-general-new-york.html |work=[[thecut.com]]}}</ref> At the time Teachout was pregnant, expecting a child in October, one month after the primary and one month before the general election.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5357728/zephyr-teachout-pregnant-new-york-attorney-general-race/ |first=Alana |last=Abramson |date=August 16, 2018 |title=Zephyr Teachout Wants To Be New York's Top Lawyer. She's Also Pregnant. But Don't Let That Overshadow Her Campaign|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=September 3, 2018}}</ref> On August 19, 2018, ''The New York Times'' endorsed Teachout for state attorney general. Its editorial board members argued that she would be the ideal candidate to hold both President Trump as well as the state government to account.<ref name=2018_NYTimes-Endorsement />
On September 13, 2018, Teachout lost the Democratic primary for Attorney General to [[Letitia James]], receiving 31% of the vote to James's 40.6%.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/nyregion/letitia-james-attorney-general.html|title=Letitia James Makes History by Winning Attorney General Primary in New York|work=The New York Times |date=September 14, 2018 |access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en|last1=Mays |first1=Jeffery C. }}</ref>
=== 2022 Attorney General campaign ===
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==Political views==
Teachout was among the minority of Democratic congressional candidates who endorsed [[Bernie Sanders]] during the [[2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2016 Democratic presidential primaries]]. She was also among the first candidates Sanders endorsed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20160912/bernie-sanders-to-campaign-for-zephyr-teachout-in-new-paltz-on-friday|title=Bernie Sanders to campaign for Zephyr Teachout in New Paltz on Friday|access-date=October 10, 2016}}</ref> He subsequently endorsed her for [[Attorney General of New York|attorney general of New York]] in 2018,<ref name="Blumberg">{{cite web |last1=Blumberg |first1=Antonia |title=Bernie Sanders Endorses Zephyr Teachout For New York Attorney General |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-endorses-zephyr-teachout_us_5b96a04be4b0cf7b00425a3a |website=Huffington Post |access-date=September 11, 2018 |date=September 10, 2018}}</ref> and Teachout endorsed him in the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020 Democratic presidential primary]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/zephyr-teachout-endorses-bernie-sanders-2020-democratic-presidential-primary_n_5e0649fcc5b6b5a713adf893|title=Zephyr Teachout, Anti-Corruption Crusader, Endorses Bernie Sanders|last=Marans|first=Daniel|date=December 27, 2019|website=HuffPost|language=en|access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> In a January 2020 opinion column in ''[[The Guardian]]'', Teachout wrote that Sanders's Democratic presidential rival [[Joe Biden]] had "a big corruption problem" arising from his relationships with donors over the course of his Senate career. Sanders apologized to Biden for the article, saying: "It is absolutely not my view that Joe is corrupt in any way."<ref>{{Cite
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>
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