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Morton M. Kondracke (born April 28, 1939) is an American political commentator and journalist. He currently serves as executive editor and columnist for the independent Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call. He is also co-host of The Beltway Boys on Fox News Channel and a regular nightly contributor on Special Report with Brit Hume.
Professional career
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Kondracke graduated from Dartmouth College in 1960. He joined the U.S. Army serving in Washington, DC in the intelligence division while pursing graduate work at Georgetown University and working part time for the Washington Star. After leaving the Army in 1964, Kondracke joined the staff of the Chicago Sun-Times. He moved to the paper's Washington bureau in 1968, eventually working his way up to White House correspondent in 1974.
Kondracke left the Sun-Times in 1976 and soon accepted the position of executive editor of The New Republic in 1977. He would work there until 1985 when he left to become Washington Bureau Chief for Newsweek magazine. In the meantime, his increased profile led to commentary positions at National Public Radio, This Week with David Brinkley, and The Wall Street Journal. In 1982, he joined The McLaughlin Group as one of the original panelists, a position he held for 16 years.
In 1992, Kondracke began serving as executive editor of Roll Call. In October 1996, he began co-hosting his own show, The Beltway Boys, with Fred Barnes on Fox News Channel. He is also a regular nightly contributor on Special Report with Brit Hume on the same network. Kondracke also occasionally writes a syndicated newspaper column distributed by Newspaper Enterprise Association, part of United Media.
Personal life
Kondracke married Millicent Martinez in 1967. They had two children, Alexandra and Andrea. In 1988, Millicent was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Her long battle with the disease led Kondracke to become an advocate for Parkinson's research and increased government spending on medical research. Kondracke detailed his family's struggle with Parkinson's in a 2001 book called Saving Milly: Love, Politics, and Parkinson's Disease (ISBN 034545197X). Millicent Kondracke grew increasingly incapacitated by the disease and died on July 22, 2004.
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