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
Government REPORTS and Testimony
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.
Public Facing
Currinder, Marian and J.D. Rackey. “The Importance of Collaborating Through Conflict.” The Hill. October 4, 2023.
Rackey, John D. and Dillon J. Clark. “Why Reforming Senate Holds Can Benefit the Democratic Process.” London School of Economics and Political Science American Politics and Policy Blog. August 16, 2023.
Rackey, John D. and Daniel Schuman. “Making It Easier for the Less Wealthy to Serve in Congress.”
The Bulwark. May 4, 2023.Rackey, J.D. “Senate Filibuster 101 and Why the ‘World’s Greatest Deliberative Body’ Moves So Slowly.” AttentivePublic.Substack.Com by SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor. February 4, 2022.
Rackey, John D. “Rand Paul’s Budget Filibuster Shows the Decline of the US Senate as a Deliberative Body.” London School of Economics and Political Science American Politics and Policy Blog. February 13, 2018.
Rackey, John. “The Senate is Broken, But Don’t Blame the Filibuster.” Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group. October 10, 2017.
Rackey, John D. and P.C. Peay. “Why Senate Democrats Should Vote for Cloture on Gorsuch’s Nomination.” London School of Economics and Political Science American Politics and Policy Blog. April 4, 2017.
Rackey, John D. “Democrats’ One Hope Left After 2016 Results: The Filibuster? Maybe Not.” London School of Economics and Political Science American Politics and Policy Blog. November 21, 2016.
Rackey, John D. and Lauren C. Bell. “Nuclear Fallout: Limiting the Filibuster Has Led to More Delays.” London School of Economics and Political Science American Politics and Policy Blog. November 24, 2015.
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.