@GFoySutherland

Asst Prof @HamiltonCollege. Research on political parties, interest groups, and elections.

 Washington, D.C.
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Joined June 2022
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Now online at Congress & the Presidency @Editors_CP! Drawing on more than two dozen interviews with members of Congress and others, I reconstruct the origins of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. This project was a lot of fun - check it out! Links to follow:
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@OpenSecretsDCSep 30
FEC rules bar super PACs from coordinating with campaigns. Yet "redboxing" offers a legal workaround. Candidates post directives online & super PACs use these public prompts to run ads within the law. Read our story to see how it works. opensecrets.org/news/2026/09…

What is redboxing? The legal campaign loophole super PACs use - OpenSecrets News

Redboxing lets political campaigns guide super PACs without violating FEC coordination rules. Here is how the legal loophole works.

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Great to speak with @JoedyMcCreary for this important @OpenSecretsDC piece on campaign finance loopholes in the 2026 midterms and beyond. opensecrets.org/news/2026/09…

What is redboxing? The legal campaign loophole super PACs use - OpenSecrets News

Redboxing lets political campaigns guide super PACs without violating FEC coordination rules. Here is how the legal loophole works.

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Journal: tandfonline.com/eprint/PA5EM… SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…

The Genesis of a Reform Effort: The Political and Institutional Origins of the Select Committee on...

Since the early 20th century, efforts to reform the U.S. Congress have sought to remedy institutional weaknesses and bolster legislative branch capacity relative to an ascendant executive. This art...

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Stephen Scare-uso 👻@StephenJ_CarusoMay 5
In honor of campaign finance reports this week: What's your birthday super PAC name?
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Cool to have my work mentioned in this recent piece on the CA Governor's race - Dem candidate Xavier Becerra now exploiting a major campaign finance loophole to get his message out. latimes.com/california/story…

Coded messages, 'red boxing' and other allegations in California's testy race for governor

Becerra's campaign website added strategic messaging often used to signal priorities to independent expenditure committees that cannot coordinate directly with the campaign.

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Shane Goldmacher
@ShaneGoldmacherFeb 28
NEWS: Anonymous X accounts with links to Wesley Hunt’s Senate campaign and outside allies have been sharing strategic info, private polling and messaging advice — for months. Inside the hidden-in-plain sight efforts to skirt coordination limits. nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/po…
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Jacob Rubashkin@JacobRubashkinFeb 7
Jasmine Crockett red box and James Talarico red box Crockett specifically calling on outside groups to do Spanish advertising in South Texas contrasting her as a fighter against MAGA vs. Talarico taking money from the Adelsons and returning to Austin during a 2021 quorum break.
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Eric Petry@eepetry9 Dec 2025
Discussion in NRSC v. FEC keeps returning to how the rise of super PACs has harmed parties. That's clearly true and underscores the need for reform, including ways to strengthen parties. But that's a job for Congress. brennancenter.org/our-work/r…

Stronger Parties, Stronger Democracy: Rethinking Reform

The Brennan Center considers whether relaxing certain campaign finance regulations in order to direct political money back into the official party organizations can help strengthen American democracy.

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Eric Petry@eepetry5 Dec 2025
The Supreme Court's track record in campaign finance cases since Citizens United has been the explosion of dark money, super PAC corruption, and cratering confidence in American democracy. brennancenter.org/our-work/a…

Supreme Court Poised to Take Another Swipe at Campaign Finance Law

Congress, not the Supreme Court, should make the rules for political party fundraising.

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Daniel I. Weiner
@DanWeiner3299 Dec 2025
Interesting to see justices at NRSC v. FEC press Noel Francisco on future challenges to campaign finance rules. This is making explicit how the dynamic at the Court has worked. Each challenged law is usually treated in isolation, but the reality it’s a progressive chipping away of the rules.
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Rick Pildes
@RickPildes9 Dec 2025
The Supreme Court today is hearing a major case on the First Amendment rights of political parties and the campaign finance system. Earlier, Bob Bauer and I published this essay on the case, arguing that enabling more money to flow through the parties, rather than outside groups, would be better for the democratic process. electionlawblog.org/?p=15054…

The Supreme Court, The Political Parties, and the SuperPacs #ELB

This post is co-written with Bob Bauer, NYU Professor of Practice who formerly represented in private practice national and state Democratic Party committees: Later this week, the Supreme Court will...

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Thrilled to share that next fall I'll be starting as a TT Assistant Prof at @HamiltonCollege! I'm extremely grateful for all the support I've received from mentors at UChicago and beyond at a stressful time for int'l students in the US. Excited to get underway!
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APSA@APSAtweets13 Nov 2025
Engage directly with policymakers, meet legislators, attend hearings, and gain insights from the heart of Washington. The APSA Congressional Fellowship offers an experience you won’t find anywhere else. Apply by January 16, 2026! buff.ly/SkmdOuE… #Congress #PublicService
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APSA@APSAtweets17 Oct 2025
Now open! The 2026–2027 APSA Congressional Fellowship Program is accepting applications. Political scientists, journalists, and communications scholars gain first-hand experience in #Congress and policymaking on #CapitolHill. Apply by January 16! buff.ly/0Ivfl4m…
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🌊🦈 WE'RE BACK!!! 🌊🦈 Update your calendars bc JAWS is back for Fall 2025 📅 And our first session is next week, Wed 10/1! Also: NEW TIME! We've heard our old time was difficult for those with school pickups, so our new time is 1-2:30PM ET / 10-11:30AM PT 💫 More info ⬇️
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Interesting to see my research on campaign coordination cited in an amicus brief for the upcoming Supreme Court case in NRSC v. FEC. It's certainly true that current campaign finance laws are not fit for purpose. Whether that means they should be shelved altogether? Less clear.
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I'm on the market! Check out my JMP here: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10… And additional research and works in progress at: gfoysutherland.com
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John B. Holbein
@JohnHolbein113 Aug 2025
New research: Campaigns & interest groups aren’t just parallel players—they coordinate in plain sight. Through “redboxing,” campaigns signal ad strategy to outside groups, shaping $170M+ in spending (2020 cycle). Legal? Yes. Independent? 🤔 "Parties and candidates routinely exploit loopholes in election law to coordinate with outside allies." by: @GFoySutherland
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