Leigh Ann Caldwell (born August 15, 1978) is an American political journalist resides in Washington, D.C. She is now the Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News.^[2]

Caldwell had the ambition to become a journalist when she was 10 years old.^[3] Throughout her childhood she had an interest in swimming, which led her to believe that she would become a sports journalist.

In 2000, she graduated from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor's degree in Communications and Political Science.^[2] While attending North Carolina State University, she was a long-distance swimmer also for the NC State Wolfpack.^[3]

She moved to New York City to pursue her dream and her first undertaking started in 2004 when she filled in as the Director of Radio Rootz, a young radio program that shows radio creation and media education. She raised assets for the program and worked with them until December 2012.

Before her news-casting career intensified, Caldwell tended to tables and functioned as a specialist.

In January 2006, she started filling in as a news editorial manager and journalist for Pacifica Radio.

While working there, she was the host and chief maker for Election Unspun.

She eventually moved to Washington, D.C. and began covering U.S.

Congress.

In March 2011, Caldwell turned into a Multimedia maker for C-SPAN.

In January 2012, Caldwell started contributing to CBS News as a political writer.

In August 2013, she turned into a political author and maker for CNN.

On October 6, 2014, she started working for NBC News.

Caldwell is married to Gregory Jaczko, a former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The couple has two children.^[1]

She was a Division 1 distance swimmer and is also a certified yoga instructor.^[17]

Caldwell's most hated food are carrots, celery, licorice, doughnuts, beef and cherry-flavored everything.^[17]

One of her most memorable moments professionally over the past few years was the night of the pivotal Senate vote to overturn Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It was around dinner time when Sen. John McCain, who had just a couple days prior returned after being diagnosed with brain cancer, and of course just hours before he cast the vote that saved the Affordable Care Act, walked by her while she was FaceTiming with her children. He stopped to talk to them, asking them their names and making silly faces to get them to laugh. Apparently in a reflective mood, he told her to never stop taking pictures of her children because their childhood goes by too quickly.^[17]

Caldwell's favorite band is The Lumineers: