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Kay Steiger

Kay Steiger

Former Vox Staff

I run our Congress coverage. Previously at ThinkProgress, TPM, and Raw Story. Originally from Minnesota.

Latest articles by Kay Steiger

How the press calls elections, explained
Politics

Calling elections is a high-stakes algebra problem. Here’s how it works.

By Dylan Matthews and Kay Steiger
The best argument for each of the 2020 Democratic frontrunners
Politics

Vox writers on the best case for each of the Democratic frontrunners.

By Dylan Matthews, Emily Stewart and 4 more
Explainers
How Vox calls elections, explainedHow Vox calls elections, explained
Explainers

Here’s where our results come from and why we trust them.

By Kay Steiger
Amy Klobuchar can win where Democrats need to win in 2020
Politics

Sen. Amy Klobuchar dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination on March 2. Here’s the case for her candidacy, part of a Vox series published earlier in 2020.

By Kay Steiger
The most prescient science fiction author you aren’t reading
Culture

Feminist dystopian fiction owes just as much to this woman — who wrote as a man — as Margaret Atwood.

By Kay Steiger
Explainers
8 takeaways from the knock-down, drag-out fight over Kavanaugh’s confirmation8 takeaways from the knock-down, drag-out fight over Kavanaugh’s confirmation
Explainers

America will be forever changed after Kavanaugh’s divisive entry to the Court.

By Andrew Prokop, Li Zhou and 5 more
Explainers
4 winners and 3 losers from Brett Kavanaugh’s many-hour, multi-day confirmation hearings4 winners and 3 losers from Brett Kavanaugh’s many-hour, multi-day confirmation hearings
Explainers

Winner: Trump. Loser: women and people of color.

By Li Zhou, Dylan Matthews and 2 more
Politics
A Republican threatened to kick Cory Booker out of the Senate over releasing “confidential” emailsA Republican threatened to kick Cory Booker out of the Senate over releasing “confidential” emails
Politics

The fight over Booker’s decision to release confidential Kavanaugh emails, explained.

By Li Zhou and Kay Steiger
Politics
The fight over the release of Kavanaugh documents as hearing gets underway, explainedThe fight over the release of Kavanaugh documents as hearing gets underway, explained
Politics

It’s been simmering since his nomination.

By Andrew Prokop, Li Zhou and 1 more
Politics
Trump tweets sympathies to McCain’s family after his deathTrump tweets sympathies to McCain’s family after his death
Politics

Trump disliked McCain, but his tweet right after news of his death is straightforward.

By Kay Steiger