The Center for Competitive Politics is pleased to welcome Brian Walsh to our External Relations Department as a Research Fellow.

Before joining the Center, Brian was an Outreach Intern with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, an intern with the Bill Cassidy for U.S. Senate Campaign, and a Communications Intern with the Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity. Brian graduated from the University of New Orleans in 2014 with a B.A. in Political Science.

Brian has always been passionate about defending individual rights and safeguarding civil liberties. He believes that free speech must be protected, in order to foster a more informed electorate.

As Brian explains, “while politicians claim to have the best of intentions when advocating schemes to further regulate political speech, their proposals routinely fail to achieve their lofty aims. Often, these initiatives are underscored by efforts to make elections ‘more fair,’ but instead only benefit those who already hold elected office.”

Brian is excited to join the Center, in which capacity he will conduct original research on the effects of campaign finance regulations and the need to protect and preserve the First Amendment right to free political speech. He will also be responsible for blogging and authoring op-eds on a variety of topical campaign finance issues.