Morris Katz (political strategist)

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Morris Katz
Born1998/1999(age 26–27)
Tribeca, New York, US
Occupation Political strategist

Morris Katz (born 1998or1999) is an American political strategist. He is a close adviser of Zohran Mamdani and Graham Platner. [1] [2]

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Early life

Morris Katz was born in 1998or1999 in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City. [3] [4] He is the son of children's book author Julie Merberg and screenwriter David Bar Katz. He attended Beacon High School and Skidmore College. [1] [4]

Career

Katz interned for the 2018 Congressional campaign of Tedra Cobb. [5] After college, he entered the entertainment industry. He worked as a production assistant and wrote plays and screenplays. He wrote a profile of Erica D. Smith, who was running in the Democratic primary for the 2022 United States Senate election in North Carolina. Smith reached out to him after reading the piece and asked for him to join her campaign where he worked on ads and videos. [4] Afterwards, he moved to Pennsylvania to work as a deputy media consultant for Fetterman's 2022 senatorial campaign. [5] He and three partners, all veterans of the Bernie Sanders and John Fetterman campaigns, [6] founded the political consulting firm Fight Agency. [4] [7]

In 2024, Katz was an advisor for Dan Osborn who nearly defeated incumbent Nebraska Republican Senator Deb Fischer. [8] In 2025, Katz was a top advisor to Zohran Mamdani during his campaign for mayor of New York City. [1] [9] He conceived themed television ads for the campaign including ones based on Law & Order , The Golden Bachelor , and New York Knicks games. [10] In the aftermath of Mamdani's win, Katz commented the NPR on the hesitation of many in the Democratic Party to endorse him stating that "anyone who's scared to congratulate Zohran publicly or privately is very unlikely to be the nominee for president in 2028." [3] In 2025, Katz was also a close advisor to Graham Platner, a candidate running in the Democratic primary in the 2026 United States Senate election in Maine. [1] Until late 2025, Katz lied about his age, representing himself as two years older than he actually was. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Smith, Chris (October 30, 2025). "Zohran Mamdani and Graham Platner Share a Strategist Who Wants to Overhaul the Democrats, With Beer and Zyn and True Belief". Vanity Fair . Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  2. ↑ Rittenhouse, Lindsay (October 20, 2025). "How the strategist behind Zohran Mamdani's 'Survivor'-inspired ad is rethinking political campaigns". Ad Age . Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Fadel, Leila (November 12, 2025). "This 26-year-old political strategist has a new vision for the Democratic Party". NPR . Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Katz, Morris (October 30, 2025). "TCQ&A: Morris Katz". Tribeca Citizen (Interview). Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 Smith, Chris (October 30, 2025). "Zohran Mamdani and Graham Platner Share a Strategist Who Wants to Overhaul the Democrats With Beer, Zyn, and True Belief". Vanity Fair. Retrieved November 21, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ Greenwood, Max (January 30, 2025). "Former Consultants for Sanders and Fetterman Launch New Firm, Hoping to Give Democrats 'a Path Forward'". Campaigns and Elections . Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  7. ↑ Parnes, Amie (October 31, 2025). "Meet the strategy firm behind Zohran Mamdani's blistering New York campaign". The Hill . Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  8. ↑ Fanelli, James (November 8, 2025). "Meet the Advisers Who Will Shape Mamdani's Administration". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  9. ↑ Fandos, Nicholas; Fitzsimmons, Emma G.; Boyce, Lily (August 12, 2025). "Zohran Mamdani's Inner Circle". The New York Times . Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  10. ↑ Parnes, Amie (October 31, 2025). "Meet the strategy firm behind Zohran Mamdani's blistering New York campaign". The Hill . Retrieved November 21, 2025.
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