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[[File:TAG Zephyr Teachout.jpg|thumb|right|Teachout shaking hands with [[National Writers Union]] (UAW Local 1981) president Larry Goldbetter at the "We Will Not Go Back" march and rally held on August 23, 2014.]]

{{See also|New York gubernatorial election, 2014}}

Teachout faced off against incumbent [[Andrew Cuomo]] and comedian [[Randy Credico]] in the Democratic primary election on September 9, 2014. In July 2014, the Board of Elections received objections from Harris Weiss and Austin Sternlicht challenging Teachout's New York residency.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lovett|first=Ken|date=July 21, 2014|title=Objections filed to Zephyr Teachout's petitions to challenge Gov. Cuomo in Democratic primary|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/objections-filed-zephyr-teachout-petitions-challenge-gov-cuomo-democratic-primary-blog-entry-1.1874991|website=Daily News}}</ref> She first ran for the [[Working Families Party]] nomination, but lost to Cuomo. His margin of victory was much smaller than expected, especially since the Working Families Party traditionally cross-endorses the Democratic Party candidate.<ref name="capitalnewyork">{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2014/05/8546302/zephyr-teachout-splits-wfp-and-maybe-cuomos-base|title=Zephyr Teachout splits the W.F.P., and maybe Cuomo&#039;'s base|publisher=capitalnewyork.com|access-date=June 14, 2014}}</ref>

Teachout then announced that she would run for the Democratic nomination.<ref name="buzzfeed">{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jacobfischler/zephyr-teachout-challenges-andrew-cuomo |date=June 13, 2014 |title=Exclusive: Progressive Ticket Will Challenge Andrew Cuomo And His Running Mate In New York Primary|first=Jacob|last=Fischler|publisher=buzzfeed.com|access-date=June 14, 2014}}</ref> Her running mate was [[Tim Wu]], a [[Columbia University Law School]] professor who coined the phrase "[[net neutrality]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Wu |first=Tim |url=http://www.freepress.net/files/timwu.pdf |title=Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination |work=freepress.net |date=April 23, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206105257/http://www.freepress.net/files/timwu.pdf |archive-date=February 6, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Columbia Law School">{{cite web|url=http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2008/april2008/Wu_FreePress|title=Tim Wu Elected Board Chair At Free Press|date=April 14, 2008|publisher=Columbia Law School|access-date=July 28, 2014|archive-date=May 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510220430/http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2008/april2008/Wu_FreePress|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/12/fcc_passes_new.html|title=FCC passes New Neutrality Rule|date=December 21, 2010|newspaper=Boston Globe|first=Hiawatha|last=Bray}}</ref> Their platform called for a rollback of Cuomo's tax cuts for the wealthy, investment in transportation and broadband infrastructure, a statewide fracking ban, an end to high-stakes testing and fair funding for schools in both under-resourced and affluent school districts, restoring voting rights to convicted felons, and support for the NY DREAM Act and anti-corruption measures, including public financing of elections to reduce the power of corporate donors and affluent political insiders.<ref name=2014_Nation-Profile />