Publications

Articles

• Gaynor, SoRelle W., John D. Rackey, and Marian Currinder. 2023. “Political Scientists in Congress: Opportunities for Employment and Improvement.” Political Science Today 3 (2): 12-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/psj.2023.27

• Peay, P.C. and John D. Rackey. 2022. “When Good Trouble Sparks Agenda Change: Disentangling the evolution of the Congressional Black Caucus’ positions on Police Reform.” Social Science Quarterly 102 (7): 3158– 3169. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.13104

• Peay, P.C. and John D. Rackey. 2021. “From Complexity to Clarity: A Network Approach to Better Understanding Issues on a Black-Interest Agenda.” National Review of Black Politics 2(3-4): 145-170. https://doi.org/10.1525/nrbp.2021.2.3-4.145

Reports

• Rackey, J.D. and Michael Thorning. “How Primary Elections Impact Behavior in the U.S. House of Representatives.” Bipartisan Policy Center. December 11, 2024.

• Rackey, John D. and Lauren C. Bell. “Government by Committee: (Re)centering Congressional Committees in the Policy Process.” In “Congress after Chevron: Legislative Responses to Changing Deference Doctrines.” Foundation for American Innovation and The C. Boyden Gray Center. November 20, 2024.

• Ferrer, Joshua, Michael Thorning, and J.D. Rackey. “The Effect of Open Primaries on Turnout and Representation.” Bipartisan Policy Center. October 30, 2024.

Government REPORTS and Testimony

• U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch. Fiscal Year 2025 Members’ Day Hearing and Public Witness Testimony. April 17, 2024. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP24/20240417/117122/HHRG-118-AP24-Wstate-RackeyJ-20240417.pdf

• U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch. Fiscal Year 2024 Members’ Day Hearing and Public Witness Testimony. March 24, 2023. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP24/20230324/115451/HHRG-118-AP24-Wstate-RackeyJ-20230324.pdf

• U.S. Congress, House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. “Final Report, 117th Congress.” Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office, December 15, 2022. (117-646). Lead Author, Primary Co-Author Marian Currinder.

• U.S. Congress, House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. “Recommendations to Foster Collaboration and Civility in Congress, to Modernize the Congressional Support Agencies, and to Encourage Evidence-Based Policy-Making.” Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office, December 8, 2021. (46-273). Lead Author, with support from the American Political Science Association Public Service Fellowship.

Chapters

• Rackey, John D. and C. Tyler Godines Camarillo. 2022. “Stress Test: Three Case Studies on Vote By Mail During a Global Pandemic.” In The Roads to Congress 2020, Sean D. Foreman, Marcia L. Godwin, and Walter Clark Wilson, eds. Palgrave Macmillan Press.

• Rackey, John D., C. Tyler Godines Camarillo, and Keith Gaddie. 2021. “Oklahoma: The Big Sort Continues.” In The New Politics of the Old South (7th), Charles S. Bullock, III and Mark Rozell, eds. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Press.

• Tyler Godines Camarillo and John D. Rackey. 2019. “Riptide: Two Republicans Prevail Against the Blue Wave.” In The Roads to Congress 2018, Sean D. Foreman, Marcia L. Godwin, and Walter Clark Wilson, eds. Palgrave Macmillan Press.

• Rackey, John D. and Ronald Keith Gaddie. 2018. “Oklahoma:  The New One-Party South.” In The New Politics of the Old South (6th), Charles S. Bullock, III and Mark Rozell, eds. Rowman and Littlefield Press.

Reference 

• Rackey, John D. “Betsy DeVos.” Encyclopedia of the American Presidency (4th), Michael A. Genovese and Alison D. Howard eds. Facts on File: New York, NY, 2021.

• Rackey, John D. “Mike Richard Pompeo.” Encyclopedia of the American Presidency (4th), Michael A. Genovese and Alison D. Howard eds. Facts on File: New York, NY, 2021.

• Rackey, John D. “Wilbur Louis Ross Jr.” Encyclopedia of the American Presidency (4th), Michael A. Genovese and Alison D. Howard eds. Facts on File: New York, NY, 2021.

• Rackey, John D. “William Pelham Barr.” Encyclopedia of the American Presidency (4th), Michael A. Genovese and Alison D. Howard eds. Facts on File: New York, NY, 2021.

• Rackey, John D. “Steven Terner Mnuchin.” Encyclopedia of the American Presidency (4th), Michael A. Genovese and Alison D. Howard eds. Facts on File: New York, NY, 2021.

• Rackey, John D. “Joseph Biden.” In American Biographies: American Political Leaders (2nd), Alison D. Howard, ed. Facts on File: New York, NY, 2018.

• Rackey, John D. “Mitch McConnell.” In American Biographies: American Political Leaders (2nd), Alison D. Howard, ed. Facts on File: New York, NY, 2018.

• Rackey, John D. “Harry Reid.” In American Biographies: American Political Leaders (2nd), Alison D. Howard, ed. Facts on File: New York, NY, 2018.

• Rackey, John D. “Elizabeth Warren.” In American Biographies: American Political Leaders (2nd), Alison D. Howard, ed. Facts on File: New York, NY, 2018.