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Jake Sherman

Founder of Punchbowl News
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Jake has been covering national politics for more than a decade, and has focused his reporting on Congress, the congressional leadership and the politics of legislating. He chronicled all of the major legislative battles of the Obama and Trump presidencies, and has traveled the country and the world, reporting on power and politics.

Jake and Anna Palmer are the co-authors of “The Hill to Die On: The Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump’s America,” which was a New York Times and national bestseller in 2019. He has been reporting and writing partners with Anna and Punchbowl News co-founder John Bresnahan for 11 years.

Jake is a contributor to NBC News, and appears almost daily across all of the network’s platforms. He’s a graduate of the George Washington University and Columbia Journalism School. He lives in Washington with his wife and two children and is an avid runner, and listener of the Grateful Dead and Phish.

Latest from Jake Sherman

Schakowsky gets outraised and other Q1 highlights
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), who is facing a primary challenge from progressive Kat Abughazaleh, was outraised in the first quarter.
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Stefanik eyes run for N.Y. governor
If she gets in, Stefanik would shake up the race for the GOP nomination in a major way. Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) has been openly eyeing a run, as has Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive.
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The red lines begin: A dozen House Republicans say no to big Medicaid cuts
A dozen House Republicans are warning GOP leaders that they won’t back a reconciliation package that includes massive cuts to Medicaid.
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Durbin lags, AOC gets bags and inside Johnson and Scalise’s millions
One of the headlines for us in the first quarter fundraising filings is Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) report.
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It’s FEC filing day. Who made news and what caught our eye
It’s one of the most important days of the off-year calendar for congressional candidates and incumbents — the first quarter FEC filing deadline. We’ll see who’s up and down in the fundraising sphere, who has cash and who doesn’t and what that tells us about power in Washington.
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