Practical AI strategy for Democratic campaigns.
AI in Politics is written by Jonathan Barnes, CEO of Authentic, co-founder of Quiller, and a Campaigns & Elections AI Leader of the Year and AI Pioneer of the Year.
Jonathan writes about how Democratic campaigns, progressive organizations, and political firms can move beyond scattered AI experiments toward practical, human-reviewed systems for fundraising, communications, operations, and decision-making.
Credentials
- CEO of Authentic
- Co-founder of Quiller
- Campaigns & Elections AI Leader of the Year
- Campaigns & Elections AI Pioneer of the Year
- Multiple Campaigns & Elections award winner
- Speaker on AI at Campaigns & Elections conferences
Featured framework
The first wave of political AI was tool discovery. The next phase is operational — how campaigns organize knowledge, tasks, human review, approvals, and decisions around AI.
Latest writing
Essays on AI operations, campaign infrastructure, and what works inside political organizations — not generic AI hype.
About Jonathan
Jonathan Barnes is CEO of Authentic, co-founder of Quiller, and an award-winning Democratic campaign technology leader. His work focuses on practical AI systems for Democratic campaigns, progressive organizations, and political firms — especially human-reviewed workflows, AI-assisted fundraising, campaign operations, and staff-facing AI infrastructure.
Speaking and awards
Jonathan has been recognized by Campaigns & Elections as AI Leader of the Year and AI Pioneer of the Year, and has won multiple Campaigns & Elections awards for campaign technology and digital work. He speaks regularly at Campaigns & Elections conferences on the operational side of AI adoption inside political organizations.
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