Gabriel Foy-Sutherland

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.

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/…

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.

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/resea…

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/analy…

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.

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=150545

@zacharylhertz @HamiltonCollege Appreciate it!!

@GFoySutherland @HamiltonCollege Very exciting!!! Glad to see you're not throwing away your shot (sorry, had to). Can't wait to see what you get up to there!

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!

@hayley_manges @HamiltonCollege Thanks Hayley!

@GFoySutherland @HamiltonCollege Congratulations Gabe!!!

@rachel__porter @HamiltonCollege Thanks Rachel!!

@GFoySutherland @HamiltonCollege Huge congratulations!!!!!!

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I'm on the market! Check out my JMP here: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73… And additional research and works in progress at: gfoysutherland.com

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

@air_force_won @apr_journal Glad to hear it! And yes - I'll be making all that data publicly available eventually.

@GFoySutherland @apr_journal Really enjoyed this study (as well as the one more focused on red boxing). I'm curious, do you intend to publish the datasets you collected of the instances of b-roll vids (e.g., a collection of the links)?

New paper online today @apr_journal! This paper explores a new development in U.S. elections: candidate-super PAC coordination on the visual content of political ads. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15…

New paper available online @The_JOP! "Working Hand in Hand: Interest Groups and Cooperative Dynamics in Elections" offers a new theory of electoral collaboration, building on the concept of "legislative subsidies". Check it out below! journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…

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