The strategist behind Zohran Mamdani’s winning campaign
Thomas Seltzer has his American roots in Texas and Kansas and spent his early childhood in the so-called Rust Belt in Wisconsin. He is a musician and TV host, known as the bassist in Turbonegro and as the host of NRK’s Trygdekontoret. In 2016, he made the documentary In Donald and Hillary’s Backyard for NRK, and UXA – Thomas Seltzer’s America from 2020 is one of the most-watched Norwegian TV documentaries ever – each episode had over one million viewers. In a survey conducted by Kampanje, he was voted the voice Norwegians trust the most when it comes to matters on the United States.
Photo credit: Tobias Willumstad, Forlaget Oktober