| June Mon, 2021
MetroFocus: June 14, 2021
PBS' Metro Focus interviewed Eagleton professor and Eagleton Center on the American Governor Senior Scholar Saladin Ambar as part of the Frontpage Forecast panel to speak about current political issues in New York City and the tristate area.
| March Mon, 2020
Whitman: Elect More Women to Counteract Misogyny in NJ Politics
In an August 2012 interview for the Rutgers Center on the American Governor, Whitman described how when she was approached about running for Somerset County freeholder, her first elective position, it was to be the token female.
| August Fri, 2019
Who better to be president, senator or governor? Take your pick
"Since 1779, there have been 17 governors elected president, according to the Center on the American Governor at Rutgers University. There have been 16 senators elected to serve in the White House, according to the U.S. Senate."
| August Wed, 2019
Why Governors Have Flamed Out as Presidential Candidates
“The country has to be in a certain mood to turn to a governor. Governors got nowhere in the early days of national politics, in part because the focus was on creating a national politics and culture…. notes Saladin Ambar, author of How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency."