Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
About
Norman J. Ornstein is a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he studies politics, elections and the U.S. Congress. He is cohost of AEI’s Election Watch series, a contributing editor and columnist for National Journal and The Atlantic, a BBC News election analyst, and the chairman of the Campaign Legal
Center.
Dr. Ornstein previously served as co-director of the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project and senior counselor to the Continuity of Government Commission. A longtime observer and analyst of American politics and the U.S. Congress, he has been involved in political reform for decades, particularly campaign finance reform and the reform of Senate committees. He has also played a part in creating the Congressional Office of Compliance and the House Office of Congressional Ethics. Dr. Ornstein was elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004.
His many interviews have been aired on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” CBS, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, NPR, and “PBS NewsHour,” among others. His articles and opinion pieces have been published widely, including in Politico, The New York Times, NY Daily News, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.
Dr. Ornstein’s books include the bestsellers One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported,” with E.J. Dionne and Thomas E. Mann (St. Martin’s Press, 2017); and, It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism.”
Dr. Ornstein has a Ph.D. and master’s in political science from the University of Michigan and a B.A. from the University of Minnesota.
