Former CNN Commentator John Avlon Running for Congress in NY District

‘The United States is the greatest democracy the world has ever known. But right now our democracy is in danger,’ says Mr. Avlon.

John Avlon, journalist, political commentator, and author, speaks on stage as The Bob Woodruff Foundation hosts The Got Your 6 Summit at Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City on June 15, 2022. Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The Bob Woodruff Foundation

Former CNN commentator John Avlon announced on Feb. 21 that he is running for Congress as a Democrat in New York’s First Congressional District, a swing district on Long Island.

“The United States is the greatest democracy the world has ever known,” Mr. Avlon said in a video posted on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. “But right now, our democracy is in danger.”