Sean Trende

Sean P. Trende (born January 6, 1973) is an American journalist and political analyst specializing in American elections analysis. He is a Senior Elections Analyst at RealClearPolitics. He has regularly appeared as a guest on Fox News, NPR’s All Things Considered, and CNN Radio. The Washington Times calls him "a premier political number cruncher". He is the author of Lost Majority, published by Palgrave Macmillan.^[1] On September 12, 2012, National Journal announced that Trende would be a co-author of the 2014 Almanac of American Politics.^[2]

Sean Trende
Personal details
Born	(1973-01-06) January 6, 1973 (age 51)
Political party	Republican
Education	Yale University (BA) Duke University (MA, JD)

Trende holds a B.A. degree from Yale University, an M.A. in political science, and a J.D. from Duke University. He practiced law for eight years at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Hunton & Williams LLP before becoming a full-time political analyst.^[3] After living in Midlothian, Virginia with his wife and children, as of 2017 he lives in the Columbus, Ohio area and is working part-time on a doctorate at Ohio State University.^{[4][unreliable source?][5][6]}

In 2021, Trende was selected as one of two redistricting special masters by the Supreme Court of Virginia, after it was tasked with redrawing the state's congressional and legislative districts following the 2020 United States census. Republican legislative leaders Tommy Norment and Todd Gilbert had included Trende as part of a replacement list of nominees for the post, after the three nominees on their initial list were all disqualified by the Court for suspected partisanship.^[7][8][9]

References

1. Review of Lost Majority, Washington Times, March 6, 2012.
2. . National Journal. 21 September 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23.
3. "Sean Trende". RealClear Politics.
4. Trende, Sean [@SeanTrende] (August 16, 2016). "@mmurraypolitics All I know is I live in Columbus, Ohio and haven't seen a single Donald Trump advertisement" (Tweet). Retrieved January 4, 2021 – via Twitter.
5. "Sean Trende".
6. Sean Trende biography by Macmillan.
7. Green, Frank; Leonor, Mel (November 19, 2021). "Virginia Supreme Court picks two experts to assist in redistricting; wants proposed maps in 30 days". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
8. Green, Frank (November 18, 2021). "Four new redistricting special master nominees forwarded to Virginia Supreme Court for state redistricting". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
9. Green, Frank; Leonor, Mel (November 12, 2021). "Virginia Supreme Court rejects all three GOP nominees and one Democratic nominee to help redraw districts". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved December 18, 2021.

External links

• Sean Trende Articles on RealClearPolitics.
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Biography of Sean Trende at RealClearPolitics