Caroline Critchfield Hunter (born c. 1971) is a former

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member of the United States

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. She was appointed in June 2008, and served as chair in 2012, 2018, and 2020. On June 26, 2020, she resigned from the FEC, effective July 3, 2020, leaving the FEC without a quorum.

Education

Hunter graduated cum laude from the

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School of Law and received her bachelor of arts degree from The

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Career

From 2001 to 2005 she was associate counsel and then deputy counsel at the

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where she provided guidance on Election Law and the implementation of the

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of 2002. From 2005 to 2006, she was

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within the

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. Hunter also served as deputy director of the

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from January to October 2006. Hunter was nominated to the

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in 2006 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 15, 2007. She served as the vice chair of the EAC. She was nominated to the Federal Election Commission by President

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on May 6, 2008. Her appointment was approved by the United States Senate on June 24, 2008. As President

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was being investigated by Congress for allegedly soliciting dirt on a political opponent from a foreign country in exchange for military aid, the then-Chair of the FEC,

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, published a "Draft Interpretive Rule Concerning Prohibited Activities Involving Foreign Nationals" on the FEC website. According to Weintraub, Hunter objected to the inclusion of the draft in the FEC's public weekly digest of its actions, and blocked the publication of the weekly digest as a result, a move that Weintraub described as "altogether unprecedented".

Personal life

She lives in

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, with her husband and two daughters.

References

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