Samantha Waldenberg

now: @nbcnews coordinating producer for @halliejackson
was: @cnn
proud @uofmaryland @merrillcollege grad
📧 [email protected]

[Scott Gelman @Gelman_Scott]

Why DC’s Floriana restaurant is closing its doors after New Year’s Eve https://t.co/EUWrGf2a6b

[NBC News PR @NBCNewsPR]

A historic Election Night victory for @NBCNews 🏆

📺 #1 on TV in total viewers & A25-54
📱 #1 on TikTok with 39M+ views
▶️ #1 election livestream on YouTube

From broadcast to social and streaming, millions turned to @NBCNews for Decision 2026 coverage.

[Garrett Haake @GarrettHaake]

How big was the early vote for Dems? Cooper in NC, Talarico in TX and Ossoff in GA all had more EARLY votes than their opponents had in total, per @NBCNews decision desk. Put another way, they could have each received zero election day votes and still won.

[Paul Kane @pkcapitol]

Harkin was lead sponsor of ADA Act along with Kennedy in 1990. Now his Senate seat will be filled by someone in a wheelchair getting around Capitol using ADA compliant ramps and such.

[NBC News PR @NBCNewsPR]

THE NUMBERS ARE IN: @NBCNews ranked #1 on TV across the board for last night’s midterm election coverage, according to Nielsen preliminary fast national data.

[Gary Grumbach @GaryGrumbach]

Our @NBCNews graphics and data visualization teams have put together an in depth look at how last night's vote compares to Trump's ascendence to the presidency in 2024.

https://t.co/JB8vSgFh8i

[Allan Smith @akarl_smith]

A true stunner on election night: @NBCNews projects Democrat Annie Andrews has defeated Sen. Darline Graham in the South Carolina Senate race

https://t.co/498frF2F1J

[Samantha Waldenberg @Sam_Waldenberg]

@kathrynw5 @kaia_hubbard @CBSNews That's my GIRLLLLL!

[NBC News PR @NBCNewsPR]

We are 24 hours away from @HallieJackson kicking off @NBCNews’ longest-ever midterm election coverage. She will be joined alongside @SteveKornacki, and the two of them will walk through what the early exit polling data is telling us.

Be sure to join us tomorrow beginning at 5 p.m. ET.

[NBC News PR @NBCNewsPR]

👀A first look inside @NBCNews Election Headquarters, where @LlamasNBC is anchoring @NBCNightlyNews tonight.

[NBC News PR @NBCNewsPR]

.@HallieJackson told @DEADLINE that ahead of Election Day, @NBCNews’ “north star is very much what’s happening on the ground with the data and with the results,” with the team “focusing on the results coming in, what they mean, what indications they can give us about some of the races that are still outstanding.”

[Bridget Bowman @bridgetbhc]

A new NBC News poll finds Democrats with a 7-point lead in the battle for Congress, as Trump's disapproval rating reaches a new high.

https://t.co/WiGi9mBO9z w/ @bkamisar

[Patrick Maguire @patrickjmaguire]

Pope Leo XIV has requested a mail-in ballot for next week’s U.S. midterm elections, the Will County Clerk’s Office confirms to @NBCNews.

The pope remains registered to vote in Illinois under his birth name, Robert Francis Prevost. His ballot, requested on Oct. 3, has not yet been returned.

If he votes, Leo, the first American pope, would subsequently become the first sitting pope to cast a ballot in a U.S. election.

First reported by @TinaSfon.

[NBC News PR @NBCNewsPR]

Ahead of Election Night, @TODAYshow gives viewers a rare behind-the-scenes look at @NBCNews' Decision Desk and the rigorous process behind its independent race calls.

WATCH: https://t.co/QHqJx7doXz

[Gary Grumbach @GaryGrumbach]

President Trump says in a post overnight that a White House staffer was "hit violently in the chest" by a golf ball due to "gaping holes" in the East Potomac Golf Course's netting.

If you are that staffer:
1) Hope you're doing alright!
2) Would love to chat, please DM me.

[Samantha Waldenberg @Sam_Waldenberg]

@betsy_klein @CNN You are a STAR!

[Kaia Hubbard @kaia_hubbard]

NEW: John Thune's balancing act

For nearly two years, Thune has led the Senate GOP through unforgiving terrain, working to advance the president’s agenda, while protecting the upper chamber’s independence. But with the midterms closing in, will it be enough to keep his majority?

[Samantha Waldenberg @Sam_Waldenberg]

Voter feelings about the economy could be the deciding factor in who wins control of Congress in November.

@HallieJackson traveled to Iowa, Kansas & Nebraska to ask voters there how they feel the economy is, in their own words.

https://t.co/vSlOgjCyRj

[NBC News PR @NBCNewsPR]

.@NBCNews Presents “Decision ’26”: The Network’s Most Extensive Midterms Coverage Ever, with Record 13 Hours of Live Broadcast Programming and 24/7 Updates and Analysis Across Digital
Coverage begins Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 5 p.m. ET and continues until Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 6 a.m. ET.
At 6:30 p.m. ET, @SavannahGuthrie, @LlamasNBC, @kwelkernbc, @HallieJackson and @SteveKornacki will lead primetime network coverage.
https://t.co/h0TarIfyMX

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Kaylub Giamanco was driving home from lunch when he heard gunshots and saw a gunman entering the Oregon elementary school his two young daughters attend. The carpenter ran into the school and killed the teenage suspect. https://t.co/DWwIwNIACN