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The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is back at full strength after three new Commissioners were sworn into office late last month. The new Commissioners – Democrat Shana Broussard and Republicans Sean Cooksey and Allen Dickerson – restore a quorum to the agency, which had lacked one for most of 2020.
Ms. Broussard will serve as FEC Chair for 2021 and is very familiar with agency operations, having worked in several capacities at the FEC since 2008. Most recently, she served as counsel to Democrat-leaning Commissioner Steven T. Walther. Ms. Broussard was born on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, is a 1991 graduate of Dillard University in New Orleans, and has spent time working – among other places – at the Louisiana Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service.
Changes at the FEC
June 26, 2020 was a day for big changes at the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Long-time Commissioner Caroline Hunter announced she is stepping down at the end of the month after more than a decade of service. Shortly thereafter, the White House announced the President’s intent to nominate Allen Dickerson to replace her. The moves come at a critical time for the FEC which lacked a quorum for ten months, resumed a quorum in June, and now faces the loss of a quorum again.
Commissioner Hunter, a Republican, was first appointed to the FEC in 2008. “Caroline has been a stalwart defender of limited government and agency accountability,” said Michael Toner, chair of Wiley s Election Law and Government Ethics Practice and former FEC Chairman. She announced she will be stepping down at the end of June to join a non-profit organization, Stand Together in Arlington, Virginia.