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    Who is Steve Kornacki? What you should know about the MSNBC election host
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    Who is Steve Kornacki? What you should know about the MSNBC election host

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    It's Election Day and voting across the country is in full swing as Americans choose their next president between former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee.

    Among those covering the election live and analyzing the results in real time is Steve Kornacki, who will lead election coverage via his “Kornacki Camera” on NBC News and MSNBC. Kornacki, 45, rose to fame on social media during the 2020 presidential election for his near-round-the-clock election analysis and Gap's signature khakis. These khakis may or may not make a comeback this election cycle, Kornacki said in an interview with USA TODAY last week.

    Here's what you need to know about NBC News and MSNBC national political correspondent Steve Kornacki.

    Who is Steve Kornacki? Current job, view

    Steve Kornacki is a national political correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. He also joins Kristen Welker on a recurring Sunday segment on NBC News' “Meet the Press” to break down the latest polls and numbers.

    “Steve is a crown jewel of NBC News and MSNBC's election night coverage,” NBC Universal said in an email to USA TODAY, adding that Kornacki has covered every election since the 2014 midterms, making the 2024 presidential election his 10th as a journalist.

    “It captures data and uses historical context to analyze the numbers and inform viewers about what we're watching and why,” the network added.

    Kornacki will break down the election results on Tuesday on the Big Board and viewers can watch everything on the Kornacki Cam.

    Steve Kornacki College, Education Information

    Kornacki is a native of Groton, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Boston University, according to his bio on MSNBC.

    Before joining MSNBC, Kornacki was political editor at Salon News. He also previously worked for the New York Observer and PoliticsNJ.com, a New Jersey political news site, where he began his career covering the state's political developments. Kornacki's work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, the Boston Globe, Daily Beast and Capital New York, his bio says.

    More about Steve Kornacki

    In a moving essay published in Salon in 2011, Kornacki came out as gay. The essay, titled “The Coming Out Story I Never Thought I'd Write,” touched on Kornacki's childhood, his struggle to understand his own sexuality, his heartbreak and his openness with friends and family.

    Kornacki is also the author of “The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism,” which depicts the polarization of U.S. politics through the eyes of two key political figures: Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich.

    Saman Shafiq is a featured news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.

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