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Dan Balz

Chief Correspondent, The Washington Post

“Rhodes Cook has provided the starting point and gold standard for voting behavior and election analysis for decades, always grounding his insights in historical perspective plus lots of data. The Rhodes Cook Letter makes professors, pundits and politicians seem more erudite and insightful than they might otherwise be without Rhodes’ extraordinary acumen.”

William F. Connelly Jr.

John K. Boardman Politics Professor, Washington and Lee University

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Tom Davis

Former US representative from Virginia (1995-2008) and chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)

“I’ve known and relied on Rhodes Cook since we first worked together at Congressional Quarterly in 1987. Rhodes was then the foremost journalistic expert on the rules of the presidential nominating contest, and the acknowledged master of the detailed informational election story with accompanying maps, charts and graphics. As an independent newsletter publisher since the turn of this century, Rhodes has maintained his focus on elections and his reputation for insightful observation. But what really sets Rhodes apart is his passion for hard data and completeness, a combination when he carried on the legacy of Richard Scammon’s monumental America Votes series. With all the wealth of Big Data we now have from websites and software, there is still no replacement for the savvy analysis and meticulous touch of “The Rhodes Cook Letter.”

Ron Elving

National Public Radio (NPR) Senior Editor and Correspondent

American University Executive in Residence, Department of Government, School of Public Affairs

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Larry J. Sabato

Director, University of Virginia Center for Politics 

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Chuck Todd

Moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press, host of MSNBC’s MTP Daily, and NBC News Political Director