Alex Tausanovitch is the director of campaign finance and electoral reform on the Democracy and Government Reform team at American Progress. He previously served for four years as counsel to commissioners on the Federal Election Commission, including for three previous chairs of the commission, and has published papers on lobbying and campaign finance. Before joining American Progress, Tausanovitch worked at the Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid, where he helped establish a program to provide student loan relief to borrowers who were subject to unlawful deception by their schools. Tausanovitch has also served as a law clerk in the Office of White House Counsel and as the voter protection director for a U.S. Senate campaign.
Tausanovitch is a graduate of American University and received his J.D. from Yale Law School. As an undergraduate, he studied abroad in Egypt, Lebanon, and South Africa.
SCOTUS Refused to Take On Partisan Gerrymandering. Time for Legislators to Step Up
Alex Tausanovitch argues that, in light of the U.S. Supreme Court neglecting to tackle gerrymandering, the responsibility falls to lawmakers in Congress and state legislatures.
Bringing Dark Money to a Gunfight: The NRA and Other Groups Are Increasingly Using Untraceable Dollars to Influence Our Elections
Authors Alex Tausanovitch and Diana Pilipenko discuss the unsettling trend of the National Rifle Association and other outside groups not reporting where their money is coming from, potentially allowing lobbyists and foreign agents to influence elections.
Cohen’s Slush Fund is Not Business as Usual—But Business as Usual Needs to Change
Authors Alex Tausanovitch and Diana Pilipenko discuss the Trump administration's unusually corrupt pattern of behavior and Congress' failure to curb pay-to-play politics.
Author Alex Tausanovitch argues that the mere fact that a bank deregulation bill sits atop the legislative agenda is a reflection of the outsized influence of lobbyists and special interests in Congress.
Eight Years After Citizens United, It’s Time for Bold Ways to Fix Democracy
Following the eight-year anniversary of the Citizens United ruling, authors Liz Kennedy and Alex Tausanovitch demand action to fight corruption and safeguard elections.
Authors Alex Tausanovitch and James Lamond discuss why the United States should take a hard look at all of the avenues of Russian influence in our democracy—including money flowing directly to candidates.
