Zach Montellaro

State politics reporter

Zach Montellaro

Zach Montellaro is a state politics reporter at POLITICO. He covers gubernatorial, legislative, and other state-based elections, along with voting rights and election administration on the state and federal level. Previously, he was the author of Morning Score, POLITICO's flagship elections newsletter, for the 2018 and 2020 cycle. Before joining the campaign team he was the producer for POLITICO Playbook and co-authored the Playbook PM newsletter. He also previously worked at National Journal on the Hotline team.

Zach is an alumnus of The George Washington University. He’s also a native New Yorker and is perpetually disappointed by the New York Mets.

Zach Montellaro