Amy Elizabeth Walter (born October 19, 1969)"Profile: Amy Walter"

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is an American political analyst who is the publisher and editor-in-chief of ''

The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter ''The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter'' is an American online newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the U.S. Presidency, the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and U.S. governors' offices. Sel ...

''. Since 2015, she has also served as a political analyst for the ''

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''. Walter specializes in forecasting and analyzing national U.S. elections.

Education

Walter was raised in Barrington, Illinois and is a 1987 graduate of Barrington High School. She graduated ''

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'' from

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in 1991 and sits on its

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Career

Walter began working at ''The Cook Political Report'' in 1997. Between then and 2007 she served as a senior editor covering the

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. She then served as the Editor-in-Chief at the ''

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s Hotline from 2007 to 2010. In 2010, Walter left the ''National Journal'' to serve as political director for

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. 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 ''

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'', and ''

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''. She has also been featured on numerous broadcasts, such as ''

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'', ''

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'' with

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, ''

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'', the ''Daily Rundown'', the ''

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'', and ''

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''. She has also made numerous appearances on ''Special Report with Brett Baier'', both as a contributor and on the panel.

Awards and recognition

Walter's analysis has earned several accolades. In 2000, she received ''The Washington Post'' Crystal Ball Award for her accuracy in predicting

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as the winner of that year's presidential election. She was part of CNN's

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-winning coverage of the 2006 elections. In 2009, '' Washingtonian'' magazine named Walter one of the 50 top journalists in DC. In 2021, ''Washingtonian'' named her one of Washington’s Most Powerful Women. Walter was an inaugural fellow at the Institute of Politics at the

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. She was awarded an honorary

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by Colby College, her alma mater, in 2017.

Personal life

Walter married her longtime partner, author Kathryn Hamm, in 2013. They adopted a son in 2006.

References

External links

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Cookpolitical.com

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