David Donnelly
Organization:
Public Campaign Action Fund
Position:
Political Director, Public Campaign Action Fund
Areas of Expertise:
campaign finance reform, state-based reform policy; frontline storytelling about how reform is won: grassroots organizing
Personal Website:
Notable Publications/Publishers:
"Money and Politics", a book he co-authored, was published by Beacon Press in 1999. A speech he gave at the 1998 American Political Science Association meeting was published in American Review
David Donnelly (MA): National Campaigns Director, Public Campaign Action Fund (PCAF); Director, PCAF Campaign Money Watch project; founded the Daily DeLay web blog to educate voters about former Majority Leader Tom DeLay in his district; campaigned to expose former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed’s connections to lobbyist Jack Abramoff in the nationally-significant Georgia lieutenant governor’s race; Co-wrote, Are Elections for Sale? (1997); holding elected officials accountable for the special favors they do for their political contributors
