The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is an independent regulatory agency of the United States whose purpose is to enforce campaign finance law in United States federal elections. Created in 1974 through amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act,the commission describes its duties as "to disclose campaign finance information,to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions,and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections."
Matthew Spencer Petersen is an American attorney who served as a member of the United States Federal Election Commission. In 2017,he was nominated by President Donald Trump to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Petersen withdrew his nomination following a confrontational exchange with Senator John Kennedy during his confirmation hearing. On August 26,2019,Petersen announced his resignation from the FEC,effective August 31. In September 2019,Petersen joined the law firm Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky as a partner where he practices political law.
Gregory Allen Brower is an American attorney in private practice,former state senator in the Nevada Senate,former United States Attorney in the state of Nevada and a former member of the Nevada Assembly. He is a member of the Republican Party. Currently,Brower sits on the bipartisan advisory board of States United Democracy Center.
William "Bill" Grady Hamrick III is the Georgia Statewide Business Court Judge. Judge Hamrick was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp on August 3,2022 and confirmed by the Georgia Legislature on September 14,2022 to be the Statewide Business Court Judge of Georgia and was sworn in on September 26,2022. Hamrick replaced Judge Walt Davis.
Edward Jerome Tarver is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. A Democrat,Tarver is a former Georgia State Senator. He was a candidate for the United States Senate in the 2020 special election in Georgia,receiving 0.5 percent of the vote in the jungle primary.
Tilman Eugene "Tripp" Self III is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia and a former Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Elizabeth Lee Branch is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She is a former judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals.
James Edwin "Trey" Trainor III is an American Republican lawyer and government official. He became a member of the Federal Election Commission after President Donald Trump nominated him and the Republican-controlled Senate confirmed him. He served as chair of the commission in 2020.
Adrienne Camille Nelson is an American lawyer who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. She previously served as a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court from 2006 to 2018 and a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 2018 to 2023.
Patrick Eugene Donovan is an American lawyer and an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
Steven Daniel Grimberg is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
William Douglas Hyslop was an American attorney who served as the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Washington from 2019 to 2021. He previously served in the position from 1991 to 1993.
Robert Austin Huffaker Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
Allen Joseph Dickerson is an American attorney who has been a Republican member of the Federal Election Commission since December 17,2020.
Sean Joseph Cooksey is a Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission.
Shana M. Broussard is an American attorney who served as the chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for 2021. She has been a Democratic member of the FEC since December 15,2020.
Veronica Sophia Rossman is a Russian-born American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Shalina Deborah Kumar is an American attorney from Michigan who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
David M. Arnot is a Canadian senator from Saskatchewan,serving since July 2021. A lawyer and judge,Arnot previously served as the chief commissioner of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission since 2009,and was previously a judge on the provincial court,federal treaty commissioner,and crown prosecutor. He is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan and was admitted to the bar in 1976. On July 29,2021,it was announced that he would be appointed to the Senate of Canada by Governor General Mary Simon,on the advice of prime minister Justin Trudeau.
Dara Lindenbaum is an American election lawyer and lobbyist working at Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein &Birkenstock,P.C. In January 2022,she was nominated to serve as a commissioner of the Federal Election Commission (FEC). She was confirmed by the Senate in May 2022.
