Steve Kornacki

Steve Kornacki is a national correspondent for NBC News. He is well known for breaking down complex data in an easily understandable way for coverage of the worlds of politics, culture and sports. Using a customized interactive touchscreen that pinpoints key developments and trends at the micro level, he presented real-time, on-air reporting of national election results for more than a decade on MSNBC before stepping away in 2025. He appears regularly on “Meet the Press,” “Today, and “Nightly News” and also utilizes a similar data-centric approach for NBC Sports’ coverage of the National Football League, Kentucky Derby, and Olympics. And while it’s admittedly not his primary area of expertise, he’s nonetheless enjoyed analyzing various trends for NBC’s annual coverage of the National Dog Show on Thanksgiving Day.

Prior to joining NBC, Kornacki covered Congress for the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call and wrote about national politics for the New York Observer. He began his career covering New Jersey state politics and co-hosting a weekly political news show. In addition to his journalism career, Kornacki is the author of the book, “The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism,” and the host of “The Revolution,” a seven-part podcast series that traces the rise of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and the Republican takeover of Congress in 1994. He is a native of Groton, Massachusetts.