Ep 486: The Confidence to Run: Lessons from Women Leading Local Government

HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

Jean Chatzky Her Money

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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This week, we’re talking politics, but not the messy gridlock in Washington. We’re going hyper-local. Because local elections shape our neighborhoods, our schools, our budgets, and our rights. And right now, women are stepping up to lead the charge. Jean Chatzky sits down with Amanda Litman, co-founder of Run for Something and author of When We're In Charge, and Sarah Pierce, HerMoney’s own managing editor and the first female Mayor of Watertown, NY. They get real about what it takes to run, how young women are changing the face of leadership, and why local office might be the most powerful place to start. If more financial confidence sounds good to you, then you might want to try… ⁠4-Week Coaching Program⁠: Identify and understand your spending, build a strategic plan, and take control of your money. ⁠6-Week Pre-Retirement Program⁠: We’ll help you prepare financially and emotionally for this exciting milestone. 📈⁠InvestingFixx⁠: Learn, connect, and start investing—your first month is completely free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nobody is born a politician the same way nobody's born an artist or musician.
0:07.0	The way you become one is by doing the thing.
0:09.0	You become a politician by putting your name on the ballot, running for office, doing as Sarah said, talking to voters, being on the ground, connecting with people, and hopefully winning.
0:19.0	Hey everybody, welcome to Hermione. I'm Gene Chatsky. Thanks so much for joining us. and hopefully winning.
0:23.0	Hey everybody, welcome to Hermione.
0:24.1	I'm Gene Chatsky.
0:26.1	Thanks so much for joining us today.
0:29.0	And this is a new one for us.
0:31.0	Today we're talking politics,
0:34.3	but not the kind that's stuck in Washington Gridlock.
0:35.5	We're talking about politics that are being reimagined
0:37.4	by a new generation of leaders.
0:40.6	Because right now, big it's happening. If you have not been following the New York City mayoral
0:46.5	primary, here's the headline. 33-year-old Zoran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, just beat former governor Andrew Cuomo to become
0:57.7	the Democratic nominee. It was a grassroots campaign powered by over 50,000 volunteers and
1:05.7	bold ideas like rent freezes and city-run grocery stores. This wasn't just a political upset. This was a wake-up call.
1:15.9	It was a reminder that young people aren't just talking about change. They're making change.
1:23.0	They're running for office. They're winning and they're reshaping what leadership looks like in this country.
1:30.4	Because the people who run for office, they shape everything, our neighborhoods, our schools,
1:35.6	our budgets, our rights. And we need more women in these rooms. I'm just putting it out there.
1:43.2	We need more moms in the room. We need more leaders
1:46.9	who get it. Joining me today are two women who are leading this movement from the inside. Amanda
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