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I’m a national politics reporter for The Daily Beast based in New York City, primarily covering national campaigns with a focus on the Republican Party.

I don’t update this site as much as I used to when I was in college and a recent grad, so if you want my most up to date stories, check out my bio on the Daily Beast website.

I joined the Beast from Business Insider in August 2022. Before arriving at BI in February 2020, I wrote about politics for The Keene Sentinel in New Hampshire.

Most of my focus there was on the 2020 first-in-the-nation presidential primary and New Hampshire’s statehouse, along with a variety of local issues in the Monadnock Region of Southwestern NH.

I also founded a podcast called Pod Free or Die, where I had one-on-one interviews with most of the major candidates in the Democratic primary.

Before that, I was living in Paris on a fellowship, teaching at Lycée International de l'Est Parisien and freelancing ahead of my first full time reporting job back home in Upstate New York at The Daily Gazette in Schenectady.

I wore a lot of hats at my hometown paper as their breaking news reporter, covering county to federal court cases, a swing congressional district, and filling in as the Saratoga County reporter.

My other stints have been with POLITICO as a breaking news and White House intern, The New Yorker as Mark Singer's assistant, the Albany Times Union as a metro intern, and as editor-in-chief of The Wesleyan Argus and Arcadia Political Magazine, Wesleyan University's student paper and political review, respectively.

I appreciate you taking the time to visit my site. You can click any of the tabs above to browse my writing, and, if you're in a rush, I recommend the "Top 3 Clips" section or "Hut Blog" below.

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Tom Cotton is already laying the groundwork in New Hampshire for a 2024 presidential run

Sitting cross-legged in front of a rifle display case and dressed for fall in New England with a green fleece vest, Tom Cotton was waiting his turn to speak.

The invisible primary
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Andrew Yang's campaign manager had zero political experience. This is how he built an insurgent candidacy that outlasted powerful rivals.

Running on minimal sleep and a Cumberland Farms XL Chillzone filled with Diet Dr. Pepper, Zach Graumann was in the midst of post-Iowa layoffs, the sprint to voting day in New Hampshire and, ultimately, the end of one of the 2020 campaign's most surprising efforts.

The rookie
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Once a common sight, outdoor hockey no longer a local rite of passage

In pond hockey, there are no boards, no coaches, no sound system, and — perhaps most importantly for many hockey players who cherish memories of staying out on the ice until sunset — no parents.

The claps and bangs of indoor play are replaced with whispering carving noises from skates and whistling wind.

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Humble roots to the 'big tent' — Schenectady native Delgado has his eyes on Congress

The first profile of Antonio Delgado, an insurgent candidate who flipped a red district in the 2018 midterms, becoming NY-19’s first African-American congressman.

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From the Archives: Alabama agonizes over Trump attacks on Sessions

Lead story for POLITICO

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Featured Article: Comedy Cougar D’yan Forest Steals the Show at 82

Freelanced for Frenchly (formerly French Morning)

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