David Hawkings
David Mark Hawkings Jr. (born January 24, 1960) is an American journalist focused on issues of American governance, particularly the policies and politics of Congress. He is founding editor-in-chief of The Fulcrum, a digital news site covering American democratic reforms. Before that, he spent 23 years as an editor at Congressional Quarterly and Roll Call. Early life and education David Hawkings was born on 24 January 1960 in Manhattan, the son of an investment banker and a homemaker. A paternal great-grandfather was the English architect Leonard Stokes. He attended the Buckley School and Hotchkiss School and graduated with a political science degree in 1982 from Bucknell University. He was editor of the campus newspapers at all three schools. Family In 1987, Hawkings married Elisabeth (Betsy) Wright, who later spent two decades as chief of staff to Representative Christopher Shays of Connecticut, and three other Republican members of Congress. She was from 2015 to 2019 the founding director of the governance program at the Democracy Fund, a bipartisan foundation established by eBay founder and philanthropist Pierre Omidyar to improve the political system. She is now an advisor to non-profits, donors, activists and elected officials seeking to promote a healthier democracy. Their