--- title: Daniel Weiner | TIME description: Daniel Weiner serves as director of the Brennan Center’s Elections and Government Program, where he leads work on money in politics, voting and elections, government ethics, and other democracy and rule of law issues. He previously served as senior counsel in the Federal Election Commission. canonical: https://time.com/author/daniel-weiner/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/daniel-weiner/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Daniel Weiner ## Daniel Weiner _Daniel Weiner serves as director of the Brennan Center’s Elections and Government Program, where he leads work on money in politics, voting and elections, government ethics, and other democracy and rule of law issues. He previously served as senior counsel in the Federal Election Commission._ ## Daniel Weiner *  Mar 9, 2026 ### [How Profits Took Over American Politics](https://time.com/7383185/profits-took-over-american-politics/) President Trump's family has profited greatly from his time in office. But the problem of money in p... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 23, 2017 ### [Democracy in North Carolina Could Disappear. Is Your State Next?](https://time.com/4891560/north-carolina-elections-supreme-court/) State Republicans seek to create a system that would grant them control over elections [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":"summary\_large\_image","\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-weiner/","name":"Daniel Weiner"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-weiner/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-weiner/"},"name":"Daniel Weiner","jobTitle":"","description":"Daniel Weiner serves as director of the Brennan Center’s Elections and Government Program, where he leads work on money in politics, voting and elections, government ethics, and other democracy and rule of law issues. He previously served as senior counsel in the Federal Election Commission.","url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-weiner/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```