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Dara Lindenbaum is an American election lawyer serving as a commissioner of the Federal Election Commission (FEC). She was nominated in January 2022 and confirmed by the Senate in May 2022.
Dara Lindenbaum | |
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Chair of the Federal Election Commission | |
In office January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Allen Dickerson |
Succeeded by | Sean J. Cooksey |
Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission | |
Assumed office August 2, 2022 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Steven T. Walther |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Northeastern University (BA) George Washington University (JD) |
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.[1]
During the Iraq War, Lindenbaum was an activist with Code Pink.[2] 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.[3][4][5] During the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election, Lindenbaum worked as general counsel for Stacey Abrams's campaign.[6] In 2020, Lindenbaum was legal counsel for Fair Fight Action.[7] Prior to her governmental service Lindenbaum was a partner at Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C.[8]
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 was sworn in on August 2, 2022.[12] She was elected as FEC Chair for 2023.[13]
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