Senior campaigns and elections editor and chief polling analyst for @politico. Stay safe out there.

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Joined February 2009
Steven Shepard retweeted
The director of the Census Bureau is resigning on Wednesday, following increasing calls from key Democratic lawmakers that he step aside, or be removed by Biden, after a memo from the Commerce Department's OIG. (And @Tierney_Megan had it first!) politico.com/news/2021/01/18…
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The D.C. fire department says a fire a few blocks south of the Capitol has been extinguished.
#DCsBravest responded to an outside fire in the 100 block of H St SE that has been extinguished. There were no injuries. This accounts for smoke that many have seen.
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Wouldn’t you want to be down only one score?
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For someone who trashes the media at every turn, her office sure has managed to sign every reporter in Washington up for her press list after only two weeks in office.
Inbox: Twitter Suspends Congresswoman Marjorie Greene for 12 Hours
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This one's a little bleak. cbsnews.com/amp/news/joe-bid…
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This is higher than many other post-1/6 polls, which have showed a pretty significant drop in Trump’s approval rating.
NBC News poll of registered voters: Trump's approval rating holding steady at 43 percent, with 55 percent disapproving... More or less where his numbers have been throughout most of his presidency in our poll.
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Steven Shepard retweeted
Kamala Harris will resign her Senate seat effective Monday. She won’t give a Senate goodbye speech like Biden did after ‘08 win, but then as the tie-breaking vote she isn’t totally leaving. Harris expected to speak at some inaugural events. politico.com/news/2021/01/17…
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