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Amy Gardner

Washington, D.C.

National reporter

Education: University of Pennsylvania, BA in history

Amy Gardner is a national reporter covering voting on The Post's Democracy Team. She has worked at The Post since 2005, covering the Virginia suburbs, the 2010 midterms, the Tea Party revolution and the Republican primary field in the 2012 presidential election. Amy was a political editor for five years, and she returned to reporting in 2018. She is a member of The Post team that won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, including its runup and aftermath. She previously worked at The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., the Daily Pres
Latest from Amy Gardner

Electors who tried to reverse Trump’s 2020 defeat are poised to serve again

Their eagerness reflects a widespread belief among Republicans that the alternate electors did nothing wrong in 2020 — and raises questions about what they might do if Trump again loses their states.

May 23, 2024
Protesters stand outside the state Capitol before members of Michigan’s electoral college cast their votes on Dec. 14, 2020, in Lansing, Mich.

    Here’s who was charged in the Arizona 2020 election interference case

    Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis and other Trump allies were indicted in connection with their alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona.

    May 21, 2024
    White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in Greenville, N.C., on Oct. 15, 2020.

    Arizona defendant Christina Bobb plays key role on RNC election integrity team

    Christina Bobb’s indictment solidifies her identity as a dedicated Trump loyalist who fiercely fought to reverse his loss in Arizona.

    April 26, 2024
    “Weekly Briefing with Christina Bobb” ran on One America News. (Gabby Jones/Bloomberg News/Getty Images)

    How a sleuth defense attorney and a disgruntled law partner damaged the Trump Georgia case

    What started as a courthouse rumor threatened to end the criminal case against Trump and his allies in Georgia — and damaged the case in the process.

    March 16, 2024

    Fani Willis can stay on Trump Georgia case, judge rules, as Wade resigns

    The decision comes more than two months after Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) was accused of having an “improper, clandestine personal relationship” with the special prosecutor she appointed to oversee the election interference case.

    March 15, 2024
    Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) gestures while testifying as Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee presides during a hearing Feb. 15 in Atlanta.

    Race is an ever present source of tension in Trump Georgia case

    Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) has suggested that racism is at the heart of the effort to disqualify her from the election interference case against former president Donald Trump.

    March 14, 2024
    Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) inside her office chambers in Atlanta on Sept. 20, 2022. (David Walter Banks for The Washington Post)

    What happens if Fani Willis is removed from the Trump Georgia case?

    Here’s what you need to know about the pending decision on an attempt to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) from the Trump Georgia case.

    March 13, 2024
    Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) attends a hearing on the Georgia election interference case on March 1 in Atlanta.

    Judge to decide Willis disqualification in Trump Georgia case within two weeks

    The judge said he will decide within two weeks whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) should be disqualified because of her romance with lead prosecutor Nathan Wade.

    March 1, 2024
    Prosecutor Adam Abbate speaks during the final arguments in Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis's (D) disqualification hearing Friday in Atlanta.

    The Campaign Moment: McConnell, Trump trials and Super Tuesday

    Martine Powers chats with Aaron Blake, author of the Post newsletter The Campaign Moment, and national reporter Amy Gardner, who covers voting, about the week in politics. Listen for these conversations every Friday during the 2024 campaign.

    March 1, 2024

    Mark Meadows is denied fresh hearing in Georgia election interference case

    A federal appeals panel rejected former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s request for a new hearing on whether to move the Georgia election interference case against him from state to federal court. He can seek a review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

    February 28, 2024
    Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) ahead of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Feb. 4, 2020. Meadows would go on to be Trump's chief of staff.