| April Mon, 2020
Rest in Power: Ruth B. Mandel—Holocaust Survivor and Distinguished Feminist Activist
In addition to expanding and enhancing Eagleton’s pioneering Center for American Women and Politics and Center for Public Interest Polling, Mandel established innovative programs including: Center for Youth Political Participation, Center on the American Governor...
| April Wed, 2020
Power play: President Trump’s claim of ‘total’ authority turned into a temporary tempest
“You’ve got that mix of public health and the economy that makes the relationship more complicated,” John Weingart, director of Rutgers University’s Center on the American Governor, told the Deseret News in March.
| April Wed, 2020
Why this is Andrew Cuomo’s moment: Being New York’s governor is a big enough job
The New York Daily News published an op-ed written by Eagleton senior scholar, Saladin Ambar.
| April Wed, 2020
Who’s in charge? Governors and White House ‘feel their way’ through unprecedented crisis
"There should be a cooperative relationship. But in the circumstances of a crisis happening for the first time, everyone’s having to feel their way to some extent, even if you assume everybody’s operating with the best of intentions," said John Weingart.
| March Tue, 2020
Trump and Murphy are saying nice things about each other during coronavirus crisis. Here’s why.
John Weingart, director of the Rutgers University Eagleton Institute of Politics’ Center on the American Governor, said that unlike his predecessors, Trump wants recipients of federal largesse to respond with praise for him.
| March Mon, 2020
Whitman: Elect More Women to Counteract Misogyny in NJ Politics
In an August 2012 interview for the Rutgers Center on the American Governor, Whitman described how when she was approached about running for Somerset County freeholder, her first elective position, it was to be the token female.
| February Tue, 2020
Four Ex-Hawaii Governors Say They Fear For Our Future
“Most other states have not had that kind of diversity,” said Kristoffer Shields, historian and program manager at the Eagleton Center on the American Governor at Rutgers University. “Hawaii’s history is very different.”
| January Fri, 2020
Ruling allows recall campaign against Dunleavy to proceed; Supreme Court battle imminent
| September Thu, 2019
Governor Steve Bullock makes debut at the second Democratic debate
Professor Kristoffer Shields thinks Governor Bullock's strategy during the debate will be highlighting his executive experience as a two-term Democrat in a red state.
| July Tue, 2019
Bullock had ‘decent’ night at debate, commentators say
Kristoffer Shields, a research professor at the Eagleton Center on the American Governor, said Bullock was emphasizing his executive experience as a governor and the fact he is a Democratic governor in a red state.