Steve Kornacki
NBC News & MSNBC National Political Correspondent
Steve Kornacki is a National Political Correspondent for NBC News & MSNBC, reporting on the latest political developments across all platforms. For MSNBC’s election coverage, Steve consistently provides real-time analysis of voting patterns, exit polls, and electoral data. During the 2022 midterm election, Kornacki drew praise for his performance at the Big Board with The Washington Post Magazine calling him “MSNBC’s data maven for clarity” and “a beacon for those who turn on MSNBC on election night.”
Following his success during the 2020 election season, Kornacki took his talents to NBC Sports’ Football Night in America and Sunday Night Football to break down the evolving NFL playoff picture.
Kornacki is the author of “The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism.” He also served as host of two NBC News limited series podcasts - “Article II: Inside Impeachment” and “The Revolution with Steve Kornacki.”
Previously, Kornacki hosted the 4 p.m. hour of MSNBC Live, the Monday edition of MTP Daily, Up with Steve Kornacki on Saturdays and Sundays and was a co-host on MSNBC’s The Cycle. Prior to MSNBC, he wrote for the New York Observer, covered Congress for Roll Call, and was the politics editor for Salon.
Kornacki also spent three years in New Jersey, chronicling state politics and co-hosting a weekly show on News 12 New Jersey, a 24-hour cable news channel.
His work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, Boston Globe, Daily Beast and at Capital New York, where he’s written a series of deeply-researched profiles of prominent New York political figures. He is a native of Groton, Mass. and graduated from Boston University.