Tara Setmayer is a senior advisor for the Lincoln Project, a leading pro-democracy organization dedicated to the preservation, protection, and defense of democratic norms, institutions, and ideals. Setmayer is an ABC News political contributor and appears regularly on national cable news programs, where she brings a fresh perspective to the politics of the day with her signature “tell it like it is” style. After the 2016 election, Vulture.com named her one of that cycle’s Top 20 Election Coverage Stars. Before becoming a recurring figure in national media, Setmayer was a longtime communications director on Capitol Hill. In collaboration with the University of Virginia Center for Politics, she narrated the Emmy-nominated, three-part documentary Dismantling Democracy.