Jessica Taylor

Senior Analyst/Reporter

Jessica Taylor is a Senior Analyst/Reporter at The Rothenberg Political Report, where she covers House, Senate, and gubernatorial elections, as well as the 2012 presidential contest.

Previously, Jessica was editor of National Journal’s House Race Hotline, a comprehensive summary of news, polls and political data on all 435 Congressional races and wrote a twice-monthly column for National Journal Daily.

Jessica was also formerly Assistant Editor for POLITICO’s 2010 page, where she reported on House, Senate and gubernatorial races and managed their midterm website. She also worked for National Journal as a staff writer/online producer and then research director for “The Almanac of American Politics.”

A native of Elizabethton, Tenn., Jessica graduated magna cum laude with a degree in political science from Furman University in Greenville, S.C.