John F. Harris is an American political journalist and the co-founder of ''

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'', an

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-based political news organization. With former partner

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, Harris founded ''Politico'' on January 23, 2007, and served as editor-in-chief until 2019. Harris is the author of a book on

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called ''The Survivor'', and the co-author of ''The Way to Win: Clinton, Bush, Rove and How to Take the White House in 2008,'' with Mark Halperin.

Early life and education

Harris grew up in Pittsford, New York, where he attended

Pittsford Sutherland High School Pittsford Sutherland High School is a public high school in suburban Rochester, Monroe County in upstate New York. In 2021, the school was ranked in the top 2 percent (#319 nationwide; #36 in New York) in '' U.S. News & World Report''s annual eva ...

. He graduated from

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in 1985, where he studied American history.

Career

After graduating from college, Harris worked for ''

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'' for 21 years, having started as an intern. In 1990, he was transferred to the ''Posts''

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bureau, covering Virginia politics during

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's governorship. He covered the Clinton White House from 1995 to 2001. In 2003, he was a guest scholar at the

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. He became the ''Posts'' National Politics Editor in June 2005. Harris began "having conversations" in 2006 with fellow ''Post'' journalist Jim VandeHei about creating "a new publication about politics from the ground up". Those conversations led to the launch of ''Politico'' in 2007 under the Allbritton Communications banner.

Personal life

Harris is married to Ann O'Hanlon, and lives with their three children, Liza, Griffin, and Nikki, in

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Works

* Mark Halperin and John F. Harris, ''The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008'', Random House, October 2006, * John F. Harris, ''The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House'', Random House, May 2005, , (Random House Trade Paperbacks, October 2006, )

References

External links

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Stanley Kutler: Review of John F. Harris's ''The Survivor''
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