Trey Trainor (Remaining Commissioner)

FEC Loses Policymaking Quorum After Commissioner Resignation

| Importance: 8/10

Commissioner Allen Dickerson resigned on April 30, 2025, leaving the FEC with only three members and no quorum. Combined with Trump’s February firing of Ellen Weintraub and Sean Cooksey’s January resignation, the FEC cannot investigate complaints, conduct audits, levy fines, issue rules …

Federal Election Commission (FEC) Commissioner Allen Dickerson (resigned) Commissioner Ellen Weintraub (fired by Trump) Commissioner Sean Cooksey (resigned) Donald Trump +3 more election-oversight fec-quorum enforcement-shutdown regulatory-capture campaign-finance
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