PERSON: Amy Walter
Employer
The Cook Political Report
Position
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
Biography
Amy Elizabeth Walter (born October 19, 1969) is an American political analyst who is the publisher and editor-in-chief of The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter. Since 2015, she has also served as a political analyst for the PBS NewsHour. Walter specializes in forecasting and analyzing national U.S. elections.
Walter was raised in Barrington, Illinois, and is a 1987 graduate of Barrington High School. She graduated summa cum laude from Colby College in 1991 and sits on its board of trustees.
Walter began working at The Cook Political Report in 1997. Between then and 2007 she served as a senior editor covering the United States House of Representatives. She then served as the Editor-in-Chief at the National Journal’s Hotline from 2007 to 2010.
In 2010, Walter left the National Journal to serve as political director for ABC News. She worked for ABC News until 2013, when she returned to The Cook Political Report as its national editor. On July 30, 2021, upon Charlie Cook’s departure, she was named editor and publisher of The Cook Political Report, and the publication was retitled The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter.
Walter’s work has been featured in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. She has also been featured on numerous broadcasts, such as Washington Week, Face the Nation, PBS Newshour, Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, Andrea Mitchell Reports, the Daily Rundown, the Chris Matthews Show, and Meet the Press. She has also made numerous appearances on Special Report with Brett Baier, both as a contributor and on the panel.
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Walter was raised in Barrington, Illinois, and is a 1987 graduate of Barrington High School. She graduated summa cum laude from Colby College in 1991 and sits on its board of trustees.
Walter began working at The Cook Political Report in 1997. Between then and 2007 she served as a senior editor covering the United States House of Representatives. She then served as the Editor-in-Chief at the National Journal’s Hotline from 2007 to 2010.
In 2010, Walter left the National Journal to serve as political director for ABC News. She worked for ABC News until 2013, when she returned to The Cook Political Report as its national editor. On July 30, 2021, upon Charlie Cook’s departure, she was named editor and publisher of The Cook Political Report, and the publication was retitled The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter.
Walter’s work has been featured in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. She has also been featured on numerous broadcasts, such as Washington Week, Face the Nation, PBS Newshour, Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, Andrea Mitchell Reports, the Daily Rundown, the Chris Matthews Show, and Meet the Press. She has also made numerous appearances on Special Report with Brett Baier, both as a contributor and on the panel.
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02/14/2025: Amy Walter: ‘Drama’ and ‘Noise’ Are Par for the Course in Reconciliation Bills
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02/14/2025: Amy Walter on Spending Cuts: ‘Voters Actually Like What They Are Seeing’
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09/22/2024: Amy Walter: Young Voters Have Not Turned out at the Rate that Dems Would Need Them to Be (clip) (clip)
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09/22/2024: Amy Walter: Young Voters Have Not Turned out at the Rate that Dems Would Need Them to Be (clip)
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09/22/2024: Amy Walter: Young Voters Have Not Turned out at the Rate that Dems Would Need Them to Be
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09/22/2024: Amy Walter: Harris Changed the Elections from Referendum to Biden to Refrendum to Trump
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08/28/2024: Amy Walter: Harris Doesn’t Need to Win Georgia, Nevada, Arizona If She Wins North Carolina
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11/05/2023: Amy Walter on Iowa Gov. Endorsement on DeSantis: ‘I Don’t Know if It’s Going to Dent’ Trump’s Biggest Asset (clip)
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08/09/2021: Meet the Press
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04/05/2021: Meet the Press
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04/04/2021: Meet the Press
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02/01/2021: Meet the Press
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01/31/2021: Meet the Press
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10/29/2020: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert - Julie Andrews; Amy Walter; Sam Smith
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10/26/2020: Meet the Press
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10/25/2020: Meet the Press
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08/09/2021: Meet the Press
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04/05/2021: Meet the Press
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04/04/2021: Meet the Press
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02/01/2021: Meet the Press
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01/31/2021: Meet the Press
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10/29/2020: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert - Julie Andrews; Amy Walter; Sam Smith
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10/26/2020: Meet the Press
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10/25/2020: Meet the Press
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