Theodoric Meyer

@theodoricmeyer

I cover the Senate for @washingtonpost. Tips, praise, complaints: theodoric.meyer@washpost.com. Reach me securely on Signal: 917.370.1996.

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Theodoric Meyer @theodoricmeyer Mar 17, 2025

Some personal news: I'm covering the Senate now for @washingtonpost. Senate staffers and campaign types: Please add me to your press lists and send tips and exclusives to theodoric.meyer@washpost.com! You can also reach me securely on Signal: 917.370.1996.

Theodoric Meyer @theodoricmeyer Aug 18

Love that @kellen_browning flew to Petersburg, Alaska, to track down one of Sen. Dan S. Sullivan's constituents: Dan J. Sullivan, who Republicans say is trying to confuse voters and help Democrats flip the seat. He denies it: “I am not a ‘fake’ Dan Sullivan. I am Dan Sullivan.”

Theodoric Meyer @theodoricmeyer Jun 10

"If Los Angeles has Erewhon, the health food store famous for its $20 smoothies featuring 'colostrum, lucuma and tocos' and other meticulously curated foods that are organic, biodynamic or merely hard to pronounce, Utah has Ballerina Farm."

Theodoric Meyer @theodoricmeyer Jun 1

Tomorrow's Senate primary in Iowa is the first of a trio of Democratic primaries this summer pitting progressives skeptical of Chuck Schumer against candidates whom some Democrats believe have a better chance of winning in November.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

www.washingtonpost.com A Democrat in Iowa tests whether attacking Schumer pays off The race is the first of three Senate primaries that will show whether midterm voters prefer a moderate message or a fiery indictment of the establishment.

Theodoric Meyer @theodoricmeyer May 1

Sen. Angus King backed Democrats' effort to weaken the filibuster in 2022, which was blocked by Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin. But he has changed his mind and now believes the filibuster is worth preserving. "They were right, and I was wrong," he said. washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

www.washingtonpost.com A long-standing Senate tradition is being quietly undermined Senate Majority Leader John Thune has resisted President Donald Trump’s pleas to kill the filibuster, but Republicans circumvented it to try to fund immigration enforcement agencies.