About Matt — Matt Lewis

Matt’s Biography

Matt Lewis is the author of Filthy Rich Politicians and Too Dumb to Fail.

Previously, Matt served as a senior columnist at The Daily Beast and a senior contributor to The Daily Caller. He also worked as a columnist for AOL's Politics Daily and, before that, as a blogger for Townhall.com. He has also served as a contributing editor for The Week and as a weekly columnist for Roll Call.

Over the years, Matt has provided political commentary for various outlets, including C-SPAN, PBS NewsHour, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," and CBS News' "Face The Nation."

Matt grew up in Frederick County, Maryland, and graduated from Shepherd College (now University) in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Highlights and awards

In 2002, Campaigns & Elections magazine named Matt a "Rising Star of Politics."
In 2011, Matt was selected by The Young Conservatives Coalition as a recipient of their second annual “Buckley Award.”
In 2011, Matt was named by Business Insider as one of the 50 "Pundits You Need To Pay Attention To Between Now And The Election."
In 2012, The American Conservative Union named Matt the CPAC Blogger of the Year.
In 2018, Matt was a Fellow at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics.
From 2021-2023, Matt served as a Fellow for Notre Dame University’s de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture.

What others are saying …

"[A]n independently minded blogger..." - Columbia Journalism Review
"[O]ne of the most fair and incisive conservative columnists out there..." - Alex Seitz-Wald
A "super-smart conservative writer." - John Heilemann
"[F]irst-rate talent..." Dana Milbank, The Washington Post
"[A]n influential conservative writer ..." - Salon
"[H]e's doing the most interesting stuff on The Right right now." - Glenn Thrush