Ron Elving
Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News, where he is frequently heard as a news analyst and writes regularly for NPR.org.
He is also a professorial lecturer and Executive in Residence in the School of Public Affairs at American University, where he has also taught in the School of Communication. In 2016, he was honored with the University Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching in an Adjunct Appointment. He has also taught at George Mason and Georgetown.
He was previously the political editor for USA Today and for Congressional Quarterly. He has been published by the Brookings Institution and the American Political Science Association. He has contributed chapters on Obama and the media and on the media role in Congress to the academic studies Obama in Office 2011, and Rivals for Power, 2013. Ron's earlier book, Conflict and Compromise: How Congress Makes the Law, was published by Simon & Schuster and is also a Touchstone paperback.
During his tenure as manager of NPR's Washington desk from 1999 to 2014, the desk's reporters were awarded every major recognition available in radio journalism, including the Dirksen Award for Congressional Reporting and the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In 2008, the American Political Science Association awarded NPR the Carey McWilliams Award "in recognition of a major contribution to the understanding of political science."
Ron came to Washington in 1984 as a Congressional Fellow with the American Political Science Association and worked for two years as a staff member in the House and Senate. Previously, he had been state capital bureau chief for The Milwaukee Journal.
He received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University and master's degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of California – Berkeley.
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A look back at other sitting vice presidents who were running for the top job and debating on TV against the nominee of the opposition party: Gore in 2000, George H.W. Bush in 1988 and Nixon in 1960. -
We look at Vice President Harris's first interview since she started her presidential campaign, and what's at stake in her first debate with former president Donald Trump.
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We review the eventful week in politics — the Democratic National Convention, the Trump campaign's counterprogramming, and RFK Jr. suspending his campaign.
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We look at what to expect from the Democratic National Convention — given that the ticket was determined two weeks prior to the event — and what the Republicans have planned as counterprogramming.
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In the months leading up to DNC 2024, "Chicago ‘68" has been repeatedly conjured. But there is nothing in this political climate to compare to '68 and the all-encompassing anxiety over Vietnam. -
We look at how Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential campaign is taking shape, with the massive influx of donations and the selection of Minnesota's Gov. Tim Walz at her running mate.
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All three branches of the federal government had been engaged, including actors within the executive branch who saw their duty to the law more than to the chief executive who had put them in office. -
Former President Donald Trump questions Vice President Kamala Harris' heritage; Harris closes in on a running mate; The Biden Administration pushes through a historic prisoner swap with Russia.
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Both men brought an end to their presidencies by declining the nomination of their party for another term. -
From President Biden's announcement that he won't seek reelection to his Oval Office address, this week has been a historic one in presidential politics.
