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Elaine Kamarck

Founding Director - Center for Effective Public Management

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs for travel to the AMVETS convention in Kentucky from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S. August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis - RC1586994E00

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Trump’s hostility to election security preparedness

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Voters cast their ballots for the midterm elections in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare - RC15CE3E7D80

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States and localities are on the front lines of fighting cyber-crimes in elections

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Voters cast ballots for the midterm elections at a polling station set up at the West Des Moines Fire Station 18 in West Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Scott Morgan - RC11EBA66390

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The federal-state disconnect in securing the 2016 election and how not to repeat it

Friday, August 23, 2019

Maps of Georgia, split into house of representatives districts, can be seen with headphones for phone banking at Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp's campaign office during a phone banking event in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC1CE0096190

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Political campaigns are the first line of defense in election security

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates stand on stage (L-R) author Marianne Williamson, U.S., Rep. Tim Ryan, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, former U.S. Rep. John Delaney, Montana Governor Steve Bullock on the first night of the second 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan, July 30, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - HP1EF7V01MKIS

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Qualifying for the debate: The lost role of peer review

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Former special counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in before testifying to the House Judiciary Committee about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the Rayburn House Office Building, in Washington, D.C., U.S. July 24, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Pool via Reuters - RC18639DA8F0

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The Mueller testimony: Two narratives

Thursday, July 25, 2019

People with the Mexican flag and the U.S. flag take part in a rally against hate a day after a mass shooting at a Walmart store, in El Paso, Texas, U.S. August 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC119E6AB8E0

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Is demography destiny in Texas?

Friday, August 9, 2019

Voters fill voting booths at a polling station at the St. Paul'sEpiscopal Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 5, 2002. Votersacross the nation are going to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes inwhat many experts say is an election that may tip the balance of powerin the United States Congress. REUTERS/Mike SegarMS/HB - RP3DRIDJBBAA

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A short history of campaign dirty tricks before Twitter and Facebook

Thursday, July 11, 2019

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden takes a selfie with people in the crowd after a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC159D71F970

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The Democratic Race: Taking a hard look at electability

Friday, May 3, 2019

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta walks off the stage after addressing supporters at the election night rally in New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking - HT1ECB90LBRWE

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Five issue positions that could blow up a Democratic campaign

Friday, May 24, 2019

Clouds pass over the U.S. Capitol at the start of the third day of a shut down of the federal government in Washington, U.S., January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC12F4FE0800

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Congress in 2019: A brief history of congressional investigations

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

A general view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington February 28, 2013. Positions hardened on Wednesday between U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders over the budget crisis even as they arranged to hold last-ditch talks to prevent harsh automatic spending cuts beginning this week. Looking resigned to the $85 billion in "sequestration" cuts starting on Friday, government agencies began reducing costs and spelling out to employees how furloughs will work. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E92S1U0N01

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Why conservatives should avoid government shutdowns

Thursday, January 31, 2019

U.S. Democratic congressional candidate Conor Lamb is greeted by supporters during his election night rally in Pennsylvania's 18th U.S. Congressional district special election against Republican candidate and State Rep. Rick Saccone, in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RC190011A7B0

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What we learned from Pennsylvania’s special election

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

A man walks a dog past a row of vacant houses on Crandall Street, a street that became a hub for narcotics activity according to local media and police, in Binghamton, New York, U.S., April 8, 2018. Picture taken April 8, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly - RC166673BE20

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Congress in 2019: The challenge of left-behind places

Wednesday, January 2, 2019