Before joining Cato in 2005 as director of government affairs, Arnold served as manager of external affairs in Maryland governor Robert Ehrlich’s energy office. As such, he coordinated energy policy and legislative initiatives for the agency and testified before several committees of the Maryland General Assembly. He has also worked as a senior legislative aide to Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., as a policy analyst for Citizens for a Sound Economy, and as a research analyst for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Arnold holds a B.A. in Political Science and Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"Plenty of Blame to Go Around on Farm Bill Travesty," by Brandon Arnold and Sallie James, The Hill, May 21, 2008
"Legacy of Prohibition Lives on in Maryland," Examiner.com, December 5, 2007
"Happy Bureaucrat Week!," National Review (Online), May 11, 2007
"Reagan Had the Right Idea," National Review (Online), September 19, 2006
"PART of the Problem," Cato.org, July 7, 2006
Brandon Arnold gives a post election analysis on WSOC News November 5, 2008 [Flash Video, 03:35]
Brandon Arnold discusses the "do nothing congress" on WTTE, FOX News September 28, 2008 [Flash Video, 02:15]
"Farm Bill Flubs" featuring Brandon Arnold and Sallie James, June 3, 2008 [Flash Audio, 09:06]
"75 Years of Free Beer" featuring Brandon Arnold, April 7, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:08]
"Earmarking a Line in the Sand" featuring Brandon Arnold, January 29, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:34]