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Alex Roarty

Campaigns Reporter

Alex covers politics and campaigns for The Washington Sun.

Alex previously worked for McClatchy newspapers, where he was a politics writer and White House correspondent, covering the Democratic Party and Joe Biden’s presidency. He also was a senior politics reporter for Roll Call, focusing on congressional races, and was the chief political correspondent at National Journal’s The Hotline.

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