David Primo

David Primo is Professor of Political Science and Business Administration at the University of Rochester, where he holds the Ani and Mark Gabrellian Professorship. Primo has published in over a dozen academic journals on topics in American politics, campaign finance, corporate political strategy, corporate social responsibility, fiscal policy, and political bargaining. Primo's most recent book, Campaign Finance and American Democracy: What the Public Really Thinks and Why It Matters, was co-authored with Jeff Milyo and published in 2020 by the University of Chicago Press. His op-eds have appeared in national newspapers including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and he has been interviewed on radio and television stations including Bloomberg and National Public Radio. He has testified before Congress several times about budget rules, and his research was cited in a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court opinion regarding campaign finance. In 2014, Primo founded the Politics and Markets Project at the University of Rochester, which fosters education, research, and debate about the appropriate relationship between business and government in the 21st century, encouraging civil dialogue on difficult issues.