Morton M. Kondracke
| Morton Kondracke | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Morton Matt Kondracke April 28, 1939 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Status | Married |
| Education |
Dartmouth College Georgetown University |
| Occupation | Contributing Writer – Roll Call |
| Spouse(s) | Millicent Martinez (deceased) Marguerite Sallee (2006–present) |
| Children | Andrea Alexandra |
| Website | http://rollcall.com |
Morton Matt Kondracke (/kənˈdræki/; born April 28, 1939) is an American political commentator and journalist. He became well known due to a long stint as a panelist on The McLaughlin Group. Kondracke worked for several major publications, serving for twenty years as executive editor and columnist for the non-partisan Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call. He was also co-host of The Beltway Boys of Fox News Channel and was a regular nightly contributor of Special Report with Brit Hume and Special Report with Bret Baier.
Kondracke was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Genevieve Marta (née Abrams) and Matthew Kondracke. His father was of Polish descent, while his maternal grandfather was from a Jewish family. Kondracke graduated from Joliet Township High School during 1956, and from Dartmouth College during 1960. While at Dartmouth, he majored in English and was president of The Dartmouth newspaper. Kondracke was a board member of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine and served as his class secretary. Later he received the Daniel Webster Award for Public Service from the Dartmouth Club of Washington.
After college, Kondracke joined the U.S. Army and served in Washington, DC in the Counter Intelligence Corps while pursuing graduate work at Georgetown University and working part-time for the newspaper Washington Star. After quitting the Army during 1963, Kondracke joined the staff of the newspaper Chicago Sun-Times, transferring to the paper's Washington bureau during 1968, eventually becoming White House correspondent during 1974. In that role, his name was listed on the master list of Nixon political opponents. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, 1973–1974.
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