Mark Halperin
Political analyst and reporter Mark Halperin has covered every American national election since 1988. Halperin started his career at ABC News, where he worked for nearly 20 years as political director. He currently hosts Mark Halperin’s Focus Group on Newsmax TV. Before that he was creator, executive producer and co-host of Showtime’s political documentary series The Circus, which covered the 2016 presidential campaign and the Trump administration. During that time he was also a senior political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. Halperin formerly served as editor-at-large and senior political analyst for TIME, covering politics, elections and government for the magazine and TIME.com. He is also the co-author of two New York Times #1 bestsellers Double Down: Game Change 2012 (2013) and Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime (2010). Halperin received his BA from Harvard University and resides in New York City.
