<p>State Sen. James Skoufis may not have gotten to lead the DNC, but he did get the next best thing: an invite to this podcast.</p> <p>We talked with the Orange County Democrat about his unsuccessful national leadership bid, his political ambition in New York, the 2026 race for governor, and reforming the Democratic state party. </p>

State Sen. James Skoufis may not have gotten to lead the DNC, but he did get the next best thing: an invite to this podcast. We talked with the Orange County Democrat about his unsuccessful national leadership bid, his political ambition in New York, the 2026 race for governor, and reforming the Democratic state party.

Skoufis on failed DNC bid, 2026, and New York Dems

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Dispatches from Planet Albany is brought to you by David Lombardo, host of WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom. The weekly conversations are a smart and funny encapsulation of the discussions reporters and sources have off the microphone at the Capitol in Albany. This inside baseball is for listeners who know the acronym ELFA, anxiously await the legislative calendar drop each December, or fondly recall the Poozer Politics podcast.

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