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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Republicans aligned with former President Donald Trump have been spending more on ads since Vice President Harris entered the race for president. -
Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump are nearly tied in seven states critical to the presidential race, an NPR analysis of polling averages shows.
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They range from characterizations of former President Trump’s stances on abortion rights and Social Security to her plans to address housing and grocery prices. -
Takeaways from Vice President Harris' nomination acceptance speech and the Democrats' big week in Chicago.
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Harris isn't someone known for delivering big speeches, and the public’s views of her are still forming. She got the nomination, after all, without running in a primary. -
As Democrats wrap their third night in Chicago, the Democratic National Convention continues its message of freedom and readies itself for its final night: the speech from Vice President Harris. -
NPR's Domenico Montanaro and Don Gonyea analyze former President Obama's DNC keynote speech.
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A team of NPR reporters and editors reviewed the transcript of last Thursday's news conference and found at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes. -
The Minnesota governor spoke alongside Vice President Harris Tuesday night for the first time as her running mate, and made clear what he brings to the campaign. -
To take a measure of where the election stands, we have a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll out Tuesday that shows Vice President Harris gaining a slight lead nationally on former President Donald Trump.
