The Financial Times has launched US Election Countdown, a new newsletter delivered twice a week that will serve as an essential guide to one of the most consequential presidential elections in decades.
Led by the FT’s Washington reporter Steff Chávez, US Election Countdown will dive into the latest campaign news and polling data, with expert analysis and behind-the-scenes insights from FT journalists across the campaign trail. It will also feature charts from the FT’s award-winning data journalism team, with an emphasis on where big donors are putting their cash.
Chávez said, “The US is headed towards an unmissable presidential election, and I'm excited to take readers inside the campaign trail to break down the key plot lines and data points on the candidates, donors, powerbrokers and political action committees fueling it. US Election Countdown will feature the FT’s expert politics and campaign finance coverage, with money being a crucial lens through which to look at the race.”
FT head of newsletters Sarah Ebner said: “The upcoming election is going to have huge ramifications, whatever the result. This newsletter will help provide our readers with the best possible coverage and help guide them through the campaign."
US Election Countdown will be published on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 9am ET.
For more information or to subscribe to US Election Countdown, visit: ft.com/us-election-countdown.
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For more information, please contact: Leah Graf | leah.graf@ft.com
Notes to Editors
Steff Chávez, Washington reporter
Steff Chávez is the FT’s Washington reporter, part of the politics team based in the US capital. She writes the US Election Countdown newsletter.
Previously based in the FT’s Chicago bureau, she covered the US aerospace and defence industry and was a member of the breaking news team. She also reported on domestic airlines and automakers, and the Midwest more broadly. She joined the FT in 2020, writing about institutional investment for FT Specialist publication MandateWire. Prior to the FT, she held positions at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Bloomberg, and in the art world.
She has a degree in political science and art history from Bowdoin College and was a journalist in residence at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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