Spencer Overton

Spencer Overton is a Professor of Law George Washington University. He specializes in law and democracy, served as a commissioner on the Jimmy Carter-James Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform, and is also a member of the boards of Common Cause, Demos, and the American Constitution Society. He is a Senior Fellow of the Jamestown Project at Yale, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to articulating new ideas for enriching American democracy.

He is a frequent media commentator and has appeared on various shows and networks, including ABC Television, Air America, Canadian Broadcast Corporation, C-Span's Washington Journal, Independent Television News of London, National Public Radio, and Wall Street Journal Radio. Spencer's commentaries on election law have appeared on the opinion pages of several major newspapers, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Boston Globe, the L.A. Times, New York Times Upfront Magazine, Roll Call, Newsday, and the Washington Post.

Spencer graduated with honors from both Hampton University and Harvard Law School. Spencer is married to Leslie Overton and the couple have two young children, Sterling and Langston.