Prof. Painter, Founding Director of Take Back Our Republic

Professor Richard Painter and three other former officials in Republican administrations have formed Take Back Our Republic, a new group aimed at convincing conservatives to back campaign finance reform. The group has hired John Pudner, former campaign manager to freshman Congressman David Brat (R VA), to be its executive director. Take Back Our Republic's work is informed in part by Painter's research on campaign finance reform during his year at Harvard's Safra Center for Ethics. The group's debut received considerable press coverage in the Washington Post, MinnPost and other media outlets.