Domenico Montanaro
Domenico Montanaro is NPR's senior political editor/correspondent. Based in Washington, D.C., his work appears on air and online delivering analysis of the political climate in Washington and campaigns. He also helps edit political coverage.
Montanaro joined NPR in 2015 and oversaw coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign, including for broadcast and digital.
Before joining NPR, Montanaro served as political director and senior producer for politics and law at PBS NewsHour. There, he led domestic political and legal coverage, which included the 2014 midterm elections, the Supreme Court, and the unrest in Ferguson, Mo.
Prior to PBS NewsHour, Montanaro was deputy political editor at NBC News, where he covered two presidential elections and reported and edited for the network's political blog, "First Read." He has also worked at CBS News, ABC News, The Asbury Park Press in New Jersey, and taught high school English.
Montanaro earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Delaware and a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.
A native of Queens, N.Y., Montanaro is a life-long Mets fan and college basketball junkie.
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"No one knows what's going to happen in July, so we're just not there yet," a DNC spokesperson said.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden won the Florida, Illinois and Arizona Democratic primaries all by double digits Tuesday. And he's building a delegate lead that may very well be insurmountable.
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Coronavirus is dominating. Three of four crucial states are going ahead with elections Tuesday that could determine the Democratic presidential nominee.
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After the White House downplayed the coronavirus threat in the past month, the number of Republicans saying it has been blown out of proportion jumped, according to an NPR/ PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.
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The first one-on-one debate between the two men was supposed to be in Arizona, one of four states voting in the Democratic presidential primaries Tuesday. But it took place in a TV studio instead.
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The former vice president's win in Michigan, in particular, has solidified Biden's place as the front-runner to be the Democratic nominee.
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Tuesday's contests offer 352 delegates among six states. Michigan is the biggest prize, and it could be another pivot point in this Democratic primary.
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It was a surprise result for the former vice president, who won a majority of states on Super Tuesday. He rode a wave of momentum that may have catapulted him back into front-runner status.
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Fourteen states, a third of all delegates and an emerging race between Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden. Here's what to know about the 2020 contests.
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The biggest day of the primary season began in the mid-to-late 1980s when Southern Democrats pushed their states to move up to try to stop whom they saw as liberal candidates who couldn't win.