President to Nominate Two FEC Commissioners

By Kent Cooper

Posted June 21, 2013 at 5:05pm

President Barack Obama announced he would nominate two new commissioners to the Federal Election Commission.

Obama plans to nominate Democrat
Ann M. Ravel
, the current chairwoman of the California Fair Political Practices Commission. She has been chairwoman since 2011.

Obama plans to nominate Republican
Lee R. Goodman
, an attorney at the law firm of LeClairRyan.

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