The Honorable Steve Israel
Politician, former Congressman for New York’s 2nd and 3rd districts, writer
Former Congressman Steve Israel left Capitol Hill in 2017 to pursue a career as a writer. Israel was a member of Congress for sixteen years and served as House Democrats chief political strategist between 2011-2015 and as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
As chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for four years, Israel was the chief architect of House campaign strategies. He was responsible for overall development of competitive House campaigns across America. Israel was lauded for recruiting and electing the most diverse and entrepreneurial freshman congressional class in history. He developed a vast network of local, state and federal officials throughout the nation and is considered a leading expert in congressional dynamics.
Israel is a regular political commentator on MSNBC. His insights appear regularly in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs and on 60 Minutes, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, FoxNews, and elsewhere. His 2017 NY Times op-ed, “Nothing Will Change After The Las Vegas Shooting” went viral; his Mic.Com video on gun violence received nearly 3.5 million views. Israel is currently the Director of the new Institute of Politics and Global Affairs at Cornell University, the only academically-based institute of politics in the New York City metropolitan area. He also served as a Tisch College Visiting Fellow at Tufts University.
Israel participated at The Common Good Forum & American Spirit Awards, 2019 on May 10th, 2019. He spoke on “The Road to 2020: Leaders & Ideas” panel alongside former Senator Claire McCaskill, Matt Bennett, Margaret Hoover and Rick Tyler, moderated by Errol Louis.
Twitter: @RepSteveIsrael
