Dan Eggen
Reporter

Dan Eggen has worked at The Washington Post since 1997, when he started as a Metro reporter based in Northern Virginia. He joined the National Desk in 2001 to cover the Justice Department and national-security issues. He was assigned to the White House to cover the end of the Bush administration in 2008, and has written about lobbying, campaign finance and the role of money in politics since 2009. Eggen was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2002, and was also part of a Pulitzer finalist entry in 2005. A Midwest native, Eggen lives in Washington with his wife and two daughters.

Latest by Dan Eggen

Are fundraising e-mails turning off campaign donors?

Are fundraising e-mails turning off campaign donors?

Dan Eggen

By pushing their fundraising so aggressively, are Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and other candidates alienating some of the supporters they need most in November?

In 2012 campaign, Obama and Romney inundate swing states with ads

In 2012 campaign, Obama and Romney inundate swing states with ads

Dan Eggen and T.W. Farnam

With 100 days until the election, President Obama faces a far more difficult financial task than in 2008 as he battles a well-funded challenger in a narrow band of swing states.

FEC says it will enforce nonprofit disclosure rules

Dan Eggen

Many key advocacy groups have simply changed the tenor or language of their advertising to avoid the new guidelines, experts say.

IRS says it will consider changes to nonprofit politics rules

Dan Eggen

Campaign watchdogs hope the tax agency may finally consider tightening its regulation of tax-exempt groups that influence elections, but some experts are dubious.

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