Stephan Joseph Kornacki (born August 22, 1979) is an American political

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, writer, and

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. Kornacki is a national political correspondent for

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. He has written articles for ''

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''. Kornacki is the multimedia anchor and data analyst for much of

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's ''The Place for Politics'' campaign coverage, which airs during

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since 2016.

Early life and education

Kornacki was born in

Groton, Massachusetts Groton is a town in northwestern Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, within the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The population was 11,315 at the 2020 census. It is home to two prep schools: Lawrence Academy at Groton, founded in 1 ...

, to Stephan Joseph Kornacki Sr. and Anne Bernadette (Ramonas). He has an older sister, Kathryn Kornacki, born in January 1978, who is a professor at

Caldwell University Caldwell University is a private Catholic university in Caldwell, New Jersey. Founded in 1939 by the Sisters of St. Dominic, the university is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, chartered by the State of New Jersey, ...

. He went to

Groton-Dunstable Regional High School Groton-Dunstable Regional High School (GDRHS) is a high school located in Groton, Massachusetts, United States, and serves the communities of Groton and Dunstable in the Groton-Dunstable Regional School District. While GDRHS is the only public ...

. Kornacki attended

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original cam ...

and graduated with a degree in film and television.

Career

He started his journalism career as a reporter for PoliticsNJ.com, a New Jersey political news site owned by

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, where he worked from 2002 to 2006. He formerly co-hosted a political news series on News 12 New Jersey and reported on the U.S. Congress for ''

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.'' His articles have been published in the ''

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'', ''

'', the New York '' Daily News'', the ''

'', ''

'', and ''

''. He is a former politics editor at ''

''. From 2012 to 2013, Kornacki co-hosted '' The Cycle'' on

with political strategist

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, pop-culture commentator Touré Neblett, and conservative columnist S.E. Cupp. He subsequently took over another MSNBC program, '' Up'', airing Saturdays and Sundays from 8 to 10 a.m., starting in April 2013. Since 2014, he has been MSNBC's election coverage map correspondent. Beginning in 2016, Kornacki hosted a daily program from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., and frequently guest hosts on ''

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'', '' All In with Chris Hayes'' and '' The Rachel Maddow Show''. On May 8, 2017, Kornacki was named National Political Correspondent for NBC News Group, with plans to continue co-hosting the 4 p.m. edition of '' MSNBC Live'' with

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. He published a book titled ''The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism'' in 2018, which chronicles "the polarization of politics". In October 2019, Kornacki began hosting a podcast for NBC News covering the inquiry and

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called ''Article II: Inside Impeachment''. Following his work on the

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, Kornacki was named by ''

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'' as one of the sexiest men alive, with his use of Gap

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eventually becoming a fashion trend on its own, colloquially referred to as "Kornacki Khakis". He was also approached to bring his unique analytic style to the sports division of

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, first appearing on '' Football Night in America'' in December 2020 to break down playoff scenarios for the remainder of the

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. He would later make appearances on NBC's coverage of the

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, where he was the only personality to correctly predict

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as the apparent winner of the race (although the race win was later given to Mandaloun after a positive drug test by Medina Spirit), and the

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Personal life

Kornacki is gay and publicly

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in 2011 through a column in ''

''. , he resides in the East Village of Manhattan.

Publications

* ''The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism'' (2018). . .

References

External links

Steve Kornacki's
columns at ''

''
SteveKornacki.blogspot.com

Beer and Loathing with Steve Kornacki podcast
*
Kornacki moves to daytime MSNBC
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Early life and education

Career

Personal life

Publications

See also

References

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