A New Leader for Citizens Union

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 29, 2025

Grace Rauh, executive director of Citizen's Union, and John Avlon, chair of the Citizens Union board of directors, journalist and former candidate for Congress, talk about the priorities of Citizens Union, including open primary elections and moving local elections to even-numbered years in order to increase voter turnout, and other issues important to the good-government group.

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