Al Hunt

Executive Editor, Bloomberg News

Albert R. Hunt is a Bloomberg View columnist appearing on Mondays. The executive editor of Bloomberg News, he directs coverage of the Washington bureau, which includes more than 250 reporters and editors. Hunt hosts the weekly television show "Political Capital with Al Hunt." In his four decades at the Wall Street Journal, he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor and wrote the weekly column "Politics & People." Al also directed the Journal's polls, was president of the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund and a board member of the Ottaway community newspapers. He was a panelist on the CNN programs "The Capital Gang" and "Novak, Hunt & Shields." Al is co-author of books on U.S. elections by the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution. His Bloomberg column also appears in the International Herald Tribune.

News Stories with Al Hunt

  • Obama's Challenge: White Middle Class Voters

    Bloomberg's Al Hunt talks about the challenges facing Barack Obama's re-election campaign, Senator Kerry's criticism of Mitt Romney's world view and the possibility of Senator Marc Rubio becoming Romney's running mate. (Source: Bloomberg)

  • Rubio Faults Pentagon Over Filmmaker Access (Transcript)

    Florida Senator Marco Rubio said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing this weekend, that President Barack Obama’s administration’s cooperation with a Hollywood moviemaker on a film about the top-secret Navy unit that killed Osama bin Laden is the type of action that could “impact the ability to carry out similar operations in the future.”

  • Rubio Criticizes Cooperation With Bin Laden Filmmaker

    U.S. Senator Marco Rubio criticized the Obama administration for cooperating with a Hollywood moviemaker on a film about the top-secret Navy unit that killed Osama bin Laden, warning such actions could “impact the ability to carry out similar operations in the future.”

  • Kerry Says Romney ‘Naive’ to Call Russia Foe of U.S.

    Senator John Kerry said Russia is closer to the U.S. position than many Americans realize on issues including Syria’s future, and called Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney “breathtakingly off target and naive” for calling Russia the nation’s foremost geopolitical foe.

  • Hunt: This Race Won't Be Determined by Money

    Bloomberg's Al Hunt reports on the presidential race. He speaks on Bloomberg Television’s "InBusiness." (Source: Bloomberg)

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