Josh Voorhees is an American political journalist and senior writer for ''

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'', and the former editor of its

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. He graduated from

Davidson College Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. It was established in 1837 by the Concord Presbytery and named after Revolutionary War general William Lee Davidson, who was killed at the nearby Battle of Cowan� ...

, and currently lives in

Iowa City Iowa City, offically the City of Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County, at the center of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the time ...

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. In 2013, he was named a fellow of the Kiplinger Program by

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. In 2009, '' the Hill'' named him one of the 50 most beautiful people of 2009.

Career

Voorhees worked as a teacher in

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before becoming a journalist. One of his first beats was at ''

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'', where he covered the

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References

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