Ed Kilgore
Ed Kilgore
Ed Kilgore is an American journalist based in Monterey, California.
He is a political columnist at New York Magazine.
Education
Kilgore is a graduate of Emory University and the University of Georgia School of Law.
Career
Before joining New York, Kilgore was the principal blogger for the Washington Monthly, a weekly columnist for Talking points memo, and managing editor for the Democratic Strategist.
He was previously a regular contributor on politics and elections to The New Republic and Five Thirty Eight and a senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute.
Earlier in his career, Kilgore was policy director for the Democratic Leadership Council, communications director for U.S.
Senator Sam Nunn, and a speechwriter and federal-state relations liaison for three governors in the state of Georgia.