Charles Mahtesian

Charles Mahtesian is NPR's Politics Editor.

Prior to coming to the network, Mahtesian spent five years as Politico's national politics editor, where he directed its political and campaign coverage and authored a blog on the American political landscape.

He joined Politico after five years as the editor of the National Journal's Almanac of American Politics, the biennial book often referred to as "the bible of American politics."

Before that, he spent eight years as a national correspondent for Governing magazine, where he covered state legislatures, governors and urban politics.

He began his career reporting on elections and congressional redistricting for Congressional Quarterly, where he was also a contributing writer to the books "Politics in America" and "Congressional Districts in the 1990s."

Prior to coming to NPR in his current role, Mahtesian had served as an election night analyst for NPR and was a frequent guest on NPR's All Things Considered and Talk of the Nation; MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, and on FOX News, C-SPAN, CNN and the BBC.

He has written for a variety of newspapers, journals, and magazines including Politico, The Washington Post, The Weekly Standard, National Journal, Congress Daily, Government Executive, and Campaigns and Elections.

He earned his bachelor's degree in politics from Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and his law degree from American University.