Zach Montellaro

Washington, D.C.

Deputy national editor for @POLITICO/@politicofl. Nothing you say will upset me more than the Mets. DMs open, email me at zmontellaro(at)politico(dot)com

Articles

The WrestleMania presidency

1 week ago | politico.com | Zach Montellaro

CAN YOU DIG IT — This weekend, tens of thousands of people will make their way to Las Vegas — and millions more around the globe will tune in on TV — for the two-day spectacle that is WrestleMania: WWE’s marquee, decades-old annual showcase for professional wrestling. Think of this year’s WrestleMania 41 as the season finale for a year’s worth of pro wrestling: bitter feuds will reach conclusions, dreams will come true and new champions will be crowned.
North Carolina’s top court clears path for some ballots to be tossed in contested state Supreme Court race

1 week ago | politico.com | Zach Montellaro

The ruling from a Republican majority could open a path for a GOP candidate to overturn an apparent loss. A man passes a row of campaign signs as he walks to a polling place on Nov. 5, 2024, in Black Mountain, North Carolina.
Will Trump’s immigration crackdown come for the census?

2 months ago | politico.com | Zach Montellaro

Donald Trump is quietly reigniting a fight over the Census that could have major implications for power and policy — including the reapportionment of House seats and billions in federal funding. Trump pushed hard to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census — which critics argued would discourage people from participating, even if they are in the country legally — with the ultimate goal of excluding immigrants in the country illegally from the count for apportionment.
2024 Election Live News: Real-time updates and analysis from the campaigns for president, Congress and more

Nov 6, 2024 | politico.com | Kyle Cheney |Greta Reich |Katherine Tully- McManus |Ally Mutnick |Nicholas Wu |Emmy Martin | +16 more

43 mins ago Sen. Bernie Sanders said “it should come as no great surprise” that working people abandoned Kamala Harris for Donald Trump in the 2024 election and vowed “some very serious political discussions” in the weeks ahead.
US election: Trump and Harris score first wins as counting begins

Nov 5, 2024 | politico.eu | Tim Ross |Zach Montellaro |Kyle Cheney

Counting has begun in parts of the United States after voters went to the polls to choose whether to make Donald Trump or Kamala Harris their new president, in what is expected to be one of the closest elections in American history. The first results went according to expectations, with Trump winning the states of Florida, Kentucky and Indiana and Harris winning Vermont, Massachusetts and Maryland.
A mostly smooth election so far, despite Russia’s best efforts

Nov 5, 2024 | politico.com | Kyle Cheney |Zach Montellaro

We made it to Election Night. Now… when are we going to know who wins? The answer to that question comes down to two big factors: How long it takes election officials to count ballots and how close the margin is. As far as just tallying the votes goes, ballot counting should be faster this year than in 2020. For starters, there will be fewer people casting mail-in ballots, which take longer for election officials to process than in-person votes.
2024 Election Live News: Real-time updates and analysis from the campaigns for president, Congress and more

Nov 5, 2024 | politico.com | Irie Sentner |Shia Kapos |Zach Montellaro
Milwaukee restarts some vote counting

Nov 5, 2024 | politico.com | Shia Kapos |Zach Montellaro

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Voters worried about Jan. 6 repeat after this year’s election

Nov 5, 2024 | politico.com | Zach Montellaro

A new POLITICO-Morning Consult poll finds that a majority of Americans are concerned about another event like the storming of the Capitol nearly four years ago. Voters wait at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, on Nov. 5. | Emily Whitney for POLITICO A majority of voters are worried that an event similar to the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol will happen after the election, a new POLITICO-Morning Consult poll finds.
Who’s going to win the election? ‘The only intellectually honest answer is to say: I don’t know.’

Nov 4, 2024 | politico.com | Megan Messerly |Zach Montellaro

“The only intellectually honest answer is to say: I don’t know,” said Douglas Heye, a veteran GOP strategist and former communications director for the Republican National Committee. “Everything I see contradicts itself.” Patti Solis Doyle, a Democratic strategist and a former campaign manager for Hillary Clinton in 2008, said it’s the most unpredictable election of her more than three decades of working on presidential campaigns.