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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Joe Biden will take center stage Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention, accepting the party's nomination for president decades after his first presidential run.
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On the second night of the Democratic National Convention, the party focused less on President Trump and instead on its own vision and future. Speakers boosted the cause to elect Joe Biden.
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Political conventions are made for TV. But this year's Democratic National Convention was virtual only. NPR discusses how the first night played out for viewers.
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The Democratic National Convention begins Monday. The scaled-down, virtual convention will officially nominate Joe Biden for president and Kamala Harris for vice president.
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Democrat Joe Biden has expanded his lead to double-digits over President Trump, according to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. Biden now leads Trump 53% to 42%, the poll says.
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Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as his 2020 running mate. NPR looks at why it was important for him to pick a Black woman as his running mate.
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An NPR/Marist focus group of Phoenix-area voters weighs in on President Trump's campaign messages, and his handling of the pandemic and race relations. -
In an interview with CBS News, the president also said, "I know people that like the Confederate flag, and they're not thinking about slavery." -
President Trump retweeted and then deleted a video that shows a supporter yelling "white power" at a protester in a retirement community in Florida.
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A new NPR analysis of the presidential race shows an Electoral College map favoring Democrat Joe Biden, as President Trump is on defense in some of the states that typically skew towards the GOP.
