Contributors

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  Al Hunt

  is a columnist for Bloomberg View and host of the weekly show "Political Capital with Al Hunt" on Bloomberg TV.
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  Mark Silva

  is deputy managing editor for government news in Washington and editor of Political Capital. He has covered the White House and national politics.
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  Emma Fidel

  is political editor for Bloomberg.com in Washington. She previously covered financial regulation as a Bloomberg intern.
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  Don Frederick

  edits political and government coverage for Bloomberg News. He previously worked for more than a decade at the Los Angeles Times' Washington bureau.
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  Gregory Giroux

  analyzes elections, financing of congressional and presidential elections, political advertising and demographics in Bloomberg's Washington Bureau.
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  Julie Bykowicz

  covers the influence of money and lobbying in Washington, and covered the state legislature and city crime for the Baltimore Sun for 10 years.
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  Jonathan Salant

  covers campaign finance and lobbying in Washington. He was president of the National Press Club and started in Washington in 1987.
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  Richard Rubin

  covers federal tax policy. He worked at Congressional Quarterly and The Charlotte Observer before joining Bloomberg News in 2010.
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  Stephanie Green

  is a writer and photographer for Bloomberg Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News. She has also written for The Washington Post, The Huffington Post and The Washington Times.
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  Julie Hirschfeld Davis

  is a senior political reporter for the Washington Bureau. She covered the 2012 campaign for Bloomberg News and previously covered the White House for the Baltimore Sun.
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  Lisa Lerer

  covers the White House and covered the 2012 campaign for Bloomberg News. She covered Congress, lobbying and the 2008 campaign for Politico.
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  John McCormick

  is a national political reporter looking forward to the 2016 presidential campaign, which will be the fifth he's covered. He's also reported for The Des Moines Register and Chicago Tribune.
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  Julianna Goldman

  covers the White House for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Television.
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  Hans Nichols

  covers the White House for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Television.
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  Margaret Talev

  covers the White House for Bloomberg News and covered the White House for McClatchy Newspapers. She has covered California and Florida politics.
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  Cary O'Reilly

  is Editor at Large at Bloomberg First Word and is Washington Daybook columnist for Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg News.