- Aaron Blake
- Reporter
Aaron Blake covers national politics at the Washington Post, where he writes regularly for the Fix, the Post’s top political blog. A Minnesota native and summa cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota, Aaron has also written about politics for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and The Hill newspaper. Aaron and his wife, Danielle, live in Annandale, Va.
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- Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren and the ‘Have a beer’ factor
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- Obamacare and the Supreme Court expectations game
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