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Fast and reliable results and analysis for elections at every level, from federal to local. Find our analysis at https://decisiondeskhq.substack.com.
Chief Elections Analyst for Decision Desk HQ. Data journalist, elections guru, and close observer of American politics. Alum of FiveThirtyEight and Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
I am chief author of the Almanac of American Politics 2026, the eighth edition I have worked on, going back to 2000. I am also chief correspondent with PolitiFact, and I'm a senior columnist with Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia.
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