Jacob Rubashkin

Deputy Editor

Jacob Rubashkin is the deputy editor of Inside Elections, which provides nonpartisan analysis of campaigns for Senate, House, governor and president. He's also co-host of The Inside Elections Podcast and was previously a contributor to elections site FiveThirtyEight.

Jacob has appeared on CNN, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, the BBC, Scripps News, Fox News and other TV networks around the country and globe. He's been quoted on elections in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, Fox News, and local outlets from South Florida to Alaska. On election night in 2024, Jacob worked on the decision desk at ABC News in New York City. In 2020, he worked on the decision desk for Edison Research, which provides results to ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN. 

Prior to joining Inside Elections, Jacob worked at NBC News in Washington, DC.

Jacob is a native of the DC area. He attended Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, where he was editor-in-chief of the independent student paper, The Cornell Daily Sun.