Trump nominates bipartisan slate for SEC and CFTC seats

President Trump sent the Senate four nominations on November 12, 2026, naming Steven Levine and Kristin Johnson for the Securities and Exchange Commission and Nathan Anonick and Matthew Rowland for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the White House said.

Why it matters: Both commissions have been running short-handed, the CFTC with a single sitting commissioner, and confirmation would restore working majorities at the two agencies that divide oversight of United States securities, derivatives and crypto markets.

Data as of White House nominations notice of November 12, 2026, read in full. Party affiliations and current roles from Bloomberg Law and CoinDesk reporting of the same day. The Bloomberg News article on the nominations is paywalled and was not read; nothing here rests on it. Developing item.

The White House notice names Steven Levine of Maryland for the SEC seat last held by Hester Peirce, for a term expiring June 5, 2030, and Kristin Johnson of Michigan for the seat last held by Caroline Crenshaw, for a term expiring June 5, 2029. For the CFTC it names Nathan Anonick of Virginia for a term expiring June 19, 2031, in the seat last held by Rostin Behnam, and Matthew Rowland of the District of Columbia for the remainder of the term expiring April 13, 2028, in the seat last held by Summer Mersinger.

Bloomberg Law reported the slate is bipartisan: Levine, a Republican who has served as a senior official on the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and Johnson, a Democrat and former CFTC commissioner, for the SEC; Anonick, a Republican and senior counsel on the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Rowland, a Democrat who also serves on that panel’s staff, for the CFTC. CoinDesk noted the CFTC is currently operating with Chairman Mike Selig as its sole commissioner, and that the nominations are the first of their kind since 2025, with the Senate in its lame duck session.

Trump nominates bipartisan slate for SEC and CFTC seats

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