Dara Lindenbaum
Dara Lindenbaum | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission | |
Incumbent | |
| Assuming office August 2, 2022[1] | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Succeeding | Steven T. Walther |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Northeastern University (BA) George Washington University (JD) |
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.
Education
Lindenbaum earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history from Northeastern University and a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School in 2011.[2]
Career
During the Iraq War, Lindenbaum was an activist with Code Pink.[3] After graduating from law school, she worked as associate counsel in the Voting Rights Project at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. She was also a development assistant at Americans United for Separation of Church and State.[4][5][6] During the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election, Lindenbaum worked as general counsel for Stacey Abrams's campaign.[7] In 2020, Lindenbaum was legal counsel for Fair Fight Action.[8]
FEC Nomination
On January 21, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Lindenbaum to be a commissioner of the Federal Election Commission.[9] Hearings were held before the Senate Rules Committee on the nomination on April 6, 2022. The committee favorably reported the nomination on May 3, 2022.[10] She was confirmed by the full Senate on May 24, 2022 by a vote of 54–38, with 6 Republicans supporting her confirmation.[11] She is awaiting her swearing-in.
References
- ^ https://www.fec.gov/updates/dara-lindenbaum-sworn-in-as-commissioner/
- ^ "President Biden Announces 2 Key Nominees". The White House. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ "Anti-War Protesters March Against Iraq Policy". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ "Biden nominates Democrat Lindenbaum for Federal Election Commission". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ Reuters, Thomson. "Biden nominates Democrat Lindenbaum for Federal Election Commission". The Mighty 790 KFGO | KFGO. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Mordock, Jeff. "Biden looks to reshape elections commission with nominee". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ ""I Am the Crazy Person Who Went To Law School To Do Exactly This"". www.law.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ Galloway, Jim; Bluestein, Greg; Mitchell, Tia; Murphy, Patricia. "The Jolt: On Tuesday, an offer of hot chocolate to a shivering voter could become a crime". Political Insider (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ "President Biden Announces 2 Key Nominees". The White House. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "PN1758 — Dara Lindenbaum — Federal Election Commission 117th Congress (2021-2022)". US Congress. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Dara Lindenbaum, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission)". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate. May 24, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.