Meet Nick Troiano, Leading Expert on Election Reform

Nick Troiano is an election reform author, speaker, and commentator. As Executive Director of Unite America and a leader in this movement for more than a decade, he's working to bridge the growing partisan divide by enacting election reform that puts people over party.

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Nick's expertise is grounded in both his leadership role at Unite America and his real-world experience as an independent candidate for Congress. His combination of practical campaign experience and organizational leadership positions him as a uniquely qualified voice on the need for systemic election reform.

Nick earned a Master's degree in American Government from Georgetown University, where he completed his undergraduate studies with honors and championed the creation of a $1 million Social Innovation and Public Service Fund. His credibility as an election reform advocate was solidified when he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014 from Pennsylvania's 10th District, drawing national attention as both the youngest candidate and the most successful independent of the cycle, garnering over 22,000 votes.

Previously, Nick co-founded The Can Kicks Back campaign to advocate for bipartisan policies to reduce the national debt and was instrumental in the introduction of the INFORM Act to increase transparency in the federal budget. He also served as National Campus Director for Americans Elect, organizing student groups at over 300 colleges nationwide, and worked for Change.org on Change Politics – a non-partisan platform empowering citizens to make informed electoral decisions.

In 2016, Nick was named to the "Forbes 30 Under 30" for Law & Policy. He has provided commentary to a range of television, radio, and print media outlets and is featured in three documentaries: UnRepresented, Follow the Leader, and Broken Eggs.

Nick is the author of The Primary Solution, wherein Nick makes a bold proposal to abolish party primaries in our country. Published by Simon & Schuster, the book offers voters across the political spectrum a realistic roadmap to a more representative and functional democracy and describes how to fix the biggest solvable problem in American politics today: partisan primaries.

Contact Nick Troiano

Nick Troiano is available for:

✔️ TV, podcast, and radio interviews
✔️ Keynote presentations
✔️ Last-minute comment on trending stories
✔️ OpEds about election reform

To get in touch with Nick, contact Unite America's press team.

Ross Sherman, Press Director
Phone: 207-749-2660
Email: ross@uniteamerica.org

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The Primary Solution

In a divided America, the biggest solvable problem fueling political extremism and dysfunction is hiding in plain sight: party primaries. Nick Troiano's book - The Primary Solution - shows how to fix them.
"This book offers thought provoking ideas to terminate polarization and extremism in America. We need more people like Nick Troiano focused on solving the polarization problem in America."

Arnold Schwarzenegger

38th Governor of California

“The Primary Solution is the one book every American should read first this year. Nick Troiano uses stories and anecdotes to make a compelling argument that ‘open primaries’ are the most cost-efficient and most viable of the many possible solutions to our dysfunctional political system. Buy this book, read it, and then immediately give it to a friend!”

Senator John Hickenlooper

D-CO

"The Primary Solution shows how our political system is designed to empower extremists, how we can fix it, and how the vast majority of Americans stand to gain from more open and democratic elections that lead to more sensible and practical government."

Michael Bloomberg

Founder of Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies, Mayor of New York

"We voters are trapped and disempowered by a party primary system that means that 8% of voters elect 83% of Congress and also deliver 'lesser of two evils' presidential candidates. Adding insult to injury, the party primaries we're trapped by are funded by our own taxpayer dollars. It's time to abolish party primaries and replace them with election models used in Louisiana, California, Washington and Alaska. Troiano makes an urgent and compelling case for why and how. A must read for anyone who wants a sane democracy."

Danielle Allen

professor of political philosophy, ethics, and public policy, Harvard University

"Our election systems are the envy of the world but we cannot take for granted that they will always remain so.  In his book, Nick provides unique insight and thoughtful analysis into national and statewide elections.  So as we face a new and different paradigm this century, we must understand and value what makes our democracy an inspiration for other nations."

Senator Bill Cassidy

R-LA

"This book offers thought provoking ideas to terminate polarization and extremism in America. We need more people like Nick Troiano focused on solving the polarization problem in America."

Andrew Yang

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