Rahm Emanuel proposed a five-point ethics plan for officials across all three branches of government and said Democrats should learn from education gains in Republican-led states. The former White House chief of staff, who has considered a 2028 presidential run, argued that both parties have made mistakes and that improving student outcomes should take priority over political differences.

His proposals include banning stock trading and prediction-market participation, requiring retirement at 75, placing the assets of people worth more than $1 million in blind trusts, and tightening rules on foreign gifts and investments. On education, Emanuel criticised Republicans for supporting vouchers without sufficient accountability and Democrats for abandoning curriculum standards and testing accountability in 2012. He cited Mississippi and Louisiana as states whose education approaches merit study, saying about half of US children cannot read at grade level and maths results are worse, while science scores are not. The article says Emanuel was not among the top ten in the polling average it cited, while Kamala Harris led at roughly 25%.