Josh Kraushaar Wikipedia Biography, Wife, Age, National Journal Bio

Introduction :

Josh Kraushaar is an American Political Editor at National Journal & columnist for the weekly column “Against the Grain.” Josh’s birthday falls on December 1 & he is from Springfield, Virginia.

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

• Kraushaar has mentioned that he had an interest in politics since a very young age.
• He graduated from the American University with a Bachelor of Arts in History in 2004.
• Josh interned at the Almanac of American Politics as a researcher after college.

Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :

• Josh began his career in journalism with National Journal. He was the House Race Hotline Editor in 2005. During this time, he covered the 2006 election cycle.
• He moved to Politico in 2007 as a political correspondent for around three years. While he was there, he reported on Congressional campaigns & maintained the “Scorecard” blog that provided live updates of the election scoreboard.
• By July 2010, he returned to National Journal to serve as the executive editor and Editor-in-Chief for The Hotline, which is National Journal’s daily political summary.
• In 2013, Josh became Managing Editor for Political Coverage at National Journal, where he remains in position today.
• He has also made multiple appearances on TV and radio as a political analyst. Some notable networks he has appeared include C-SPAN, Fox News, and CNN.
• He prefers to do his political reporting work at the scene because he gets to interact with voters, and be able to deliver his reports from a voter’s standpoint.
• He mentions that some of the hardships of being a political reporter is not possessing a lot of freedom, especially closer to election times where one is required to follow the electorate’s campaign wherever he goes.

Controversies, Height and Trivia :

• Josh was once mistaken as the son of Karen Kraushaar, the Director of Communications. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain claimed that the son of Karen Kraushaar was accusing him of sexual harassment in 2011 and worked at Politico. Josh clarified on Twitter (now called X) that he was not related to Karen.
• Kraushaar is pronounced as Krauss-haar, which means curly hair in Yiddish and German.
• He attributes many people who mentored him to become the person he is today. He is grateful to Charles Mahtesian, who was editor of the Almanac of American Politics when he interned there.
• Josh co-authored the 2014 edition of the Almanac of American Politics together with Sean Trende, Michael Barone, and Chuck McCutcheon.
• Kraushaar has a big love for sports. He enjoys baseball, especially the analytics part of it.
• If he wasn’t a Political Editor, Josh would probably be an anchor at ESPN.

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