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Ryan Lizza

Ryan Lizza was The New Yorker’s Washington correspondent from 2007 to 2017.

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5 picks · 2007–2015

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The Virtual Candidate
profiles ·

The Massachusetts senator isn’t running for President, but she’s still Hillary Clinton’s most significant Democratic threat. Ryan Lizza reports.

The Party Next Time
a reporter at large ·

As immigration turns red states blue, how can Republicans transform their platform?

Money Talks
letter from washington ·

Can Peter Orszag keep the President’s political goals economically viable?

Making It
the political scene ·

How Chicago shaped Obama.

The Relaunch
the political scene ·

Ryan Lizza on the campaign strategies that helped Barack Obama catch up to Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Presidential primary race.