Erin Covey

Erin Covey is a U.S. House analyst for The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, which provides independent, non-partisan analysis of elections and campaigns for the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Governors and President. 

She has appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal and Sirius XM, and her analysis has been featured in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Messenger and local news outlets across the country. She is a contributing author for 2024 Almanac of American Politics. 

Erin previously worked at Inside Elections as a reporter and analyst and co-hosted the Inside Elections Podcast. She also worked at National Journal, where she reported on campaigns and national politics. As a writer and editor of Hotline’s Wake-Up Call and Hotline’s Latest Edition, Erin covered day-to-day campaign news and contributed analysis. 

Prior to that, Erin was a news assistant at NPR, working on the radio shows Morning Edition and Weekend Edition, and she interned at both NPR and C-SPAN.

Erin is originally from San Antonio, Texas, though she grew up around the world as an Army brat. She graduated from Liberty University, where she studied journalism and English and was a news editor at the Liberty Champion.