Astead Herndon

Astead W. Herndon is a national politics reporter and part-time CNN political analyst. He is currently based in New York. He has done political reporting based in Washington and was a City Hall reporter for the Boston Globe before coming to the New York Times. During this election cycle, he is covering Democratic presidential candidates, focusing primarily on Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

I want to follow Herndon because I am very interested in the 2020 presidential election, specifically in Warren and Sanders and the implications that their campaigns have for the future of politics in America. Herndon covers Warren and Sanders’ general campaigns, but also focuses on racial and gendered politics that play a huge role during presidential campaigns. His work very clearly presents the facts about issues that are typically addressed in a subjective manner, so I find his work as a journalist to be incredibly important during a time of intense division and hyperpartisanship. I look forward to reading his articles as he covers the upcoming primary season.

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