The Cook Political Report

Basic facts
Location:| Washington, D.C.
Founder(s):| Charles E. Cook Jr.
Year founded:| 1984
Website:| Official website
Connections
The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

## Contents

* 1 Background
* 2 Leadership
* 3 Analysis
* 3.1 Partisan Voter Index
* 4 Recent news
* 5 See also
* 6 External links
* 7 Footnotes

The Cook Political Report is a Washington, D.C.-based political newsletter founded in 1984. The publication is billed as "an independent, nonpartisan newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the US House of Representatives, US Senate, Governors and President as well as American political trends."[1] As of January 2024, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the report was Amy Walter.

According to The Cook Political Report's website, subscribers include "lobbyists, trade associations, corporations, labor unions, Members of Congress, political action committees and interest groups across the political spectrum." The newsletter also provides a limited amount of free information on its website for non-subscribers.[1]

## Background[edit]

Political analyst Charles E. Cook Jr. founded The Cook Political Report in 1984 as "an independent, nonpartisan newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the US House of Representatives, US Senate, Governors and President as well as American political trends." The Cook Political Report transitioned to an online-only publication in 2004.[1][2]

The Cook Political Report provides subscribers with information and analysis about candidates, campaign dynamics, race rankings, race predictions, and other political indicators leading up to each election. The newsletter includes:[1]

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* Charlie Cook’s overview on the national political landscape;
* A complete listing of every potential candidate for the U.S. House, Senate and Governor (updated weekly);
* A rating for each race on a seven-point scale (Solid Democrat, Likely Democrat, Lean Democrat, Toss Up, Solid Republican, Likely Republican, Lean Republican) (updated weekly);
* A narrative analysis of either every Senate race or every governor's race;
* A narrative analysis of House races, rotating between open seats, Democratic incumbents or Republican incumbents.
* The top-line numbers on every publicly available poll in House, Senate and gubernatorial races (updated weekly).[1][3]

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## Leadership[edit]

The following individuals held leadership positions with The Cook Political Report as of September 2024:[4]

* Amy Walter, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
* David Wasserman, Senior Editor & Elections Analyst
* Jessica Taylor, Editor, Senate and Governors
* Erin Covey, Editor, U.S. House of Representatives
* Ally Flinn, Managing Editor
* Kathryn Hamm, Chief Operating Officer
* Rebecca Kaufman, Multimedia Director

## Analysis[edit]

### Partisan Voter Index[edit]

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Since 1997, The Cook Political Report has also published the Partisan Voter Index (PVI), a measurement tool that scores each congressional district based on how strongly it leans toward one political party. The PVI is determined by comparing each congressional district's presidential vote to the national presidential election results.[5]

To review PVI metrics since 2012, click here.

## Recent news[edit]

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The Cook Political Report - Google News

## See also[edit]

* The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
* U.S. Senate elections
* U.S. House elections
* Gubernatorial elections
* Race rating definitions and methods

## External links[edit]

* The Cook Political Report homepage
* The Cook Political Report on Facebook
* The Cook Political Report on Twitter

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Cook Political Report, "About," accessed July 6, 2017
2. ↑ The Cook Political Report, "Charles E. Cook, Jr.," accessed July 6, 2017
3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
4. ↑ The Cook Political Report, "Staff," accessed September 30, 2024
5. ↑ The Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017

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