Jake Sherman

Jake Sherman is a senior writer for POLITICO and co-author of the POLITICO Playbook, the No. 1 newsletter in politics. Since 2009, Jake has covered Congress and national politics for POLITICO, traveling the country to chronicle the battle for control of Capitol Hill.

Jake is a Connecticut native, and a graduate of The George Washington University — where he edited The GW Hatchet — and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Jake lives in Washington with his wife Irene and his son.