Eli Zupnick

Eli Zupnick is a co-founder of Fix Our House, alongside Dr. Lee Drutman and Dr. Charlotte Hill. Eli came to democracy reform advocacy following ten years as a senior staffer in the United States Senate, including six years as Communications Director for Assistant Democratic Leader Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). Since leaving the Senate in 2019 and before co-founding Fix Our House, Eli led a coalition of more than 80 organizations focused on reforming the Senate filibuster. In addition to his work in the Senate, Eli has extensive political campaign experience. He took time off from the Senate to serve as senior communications advisor for Sen. Chris Murphy’s 2012 successful election in Connecticut as well as Rep. Bruce Braley’s 2014 Senate race in Iowa, and then to run communications for Sen. Murray’s successful re-election campaign in 2016. Prior to that, he was a press staffer on the 2008 Obama campaign in multiple states and worked on local races in New Jersey and Rhode Island. Eli is a native New Yorker and graduated from Queens College with a degree in Political Science and Philosophy.