David C.W. Parker is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received his Ph.D. in 2004. He recently retired from Montana State University as full professor, where he taught political science for sixteen years and served as Department Head for five years. He is a scholar of legislatures, focused primarily on legislative oversight of executives and representational relationships in the U.S. Congress, the British House of Commons, and the Scottish Parliament. Parker is the author of Battle for the Big Sky: Representation and the Politics of Place in the Race for the U.S. Senate (CQ Press) and The Power of Money in Congressional Campaigns, 1880-2006 (University of Oklahoma Press), as well as articles on the personal vote, divided government, oversight, Prime Minister’s Questions, and Brexit. His article, “Making a Good Impression: Resource Allocations, Home Styles, and Washington Work” (with Craig Goodman), won the 2010 Alan Rosenthal Award from the American Political Science Association. He is currently writing a book examining how the Seditionist Caucus—consisting of the 139 House Republicans objecting to the certification of the 2020 election—govern and represent their constituents. He is also working on a series of articles on place-based politics and the transformation of the Conservative Party in Great Britain. Parker has frequently provided media commentary for local, state, and national news outlets, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS’s Frontline, and the Sundance award-winning documentary Dark Money.