Katie Meyer | WHYY
Katie Meyer is WHYY’s political reporter. She covers politics, policy, power, and elections at every level of government, with the goal of showing how it all affects people’s lives.
Before coming to Philadelphia, she covered state politics as Harrisburg bureau chief for WITF, and hosted the station’s politics podcast. She got her start in public radio in the Bronx, at Fordham University station WFUV. She’s from upstate New York.
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No matter who wins Pennsylvania’s Republican gubernatorial primary, the candidate will probably be someone who supports essentially outlawing abortion, getting rid of mail voting, and dramatically expanding fracking. WHYY’s Katie Meyer has more on the first debate between the four frontrunners. -
For the first time Monday night, all the major candidates in Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Senate primary met for a debate. WHYY’s Katie Meyer reports, the five candidates focused less on policy than on scoring points against one another. -
Republican Dave White is trying to capitalize on a chaotic couple weeks in his party’s gubernatorial primary. WHYY’s Katie Meyer reports, he’s one of the lesser-known candidates in the race. But he has a lot of money, and his campaign thinks this could be his moment.
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Philadelphia’s Democratic committee usually backs incumbents in contested primaries. But this cycle, they’ve turned their backs on multiple progressives in favor of more conservative challengers. WHYY’s Katie Meyer reports, progressives say they think party insiders are out of touch with voters. -
Pennsylvania’s GOP gubernatorial primary had a tumultuous Tuesday — and all of the chaos can be traced back to Donald Trump. WHYY’s Katie Meyer reports that first, Trump issued an anti-endorsement of candidate, Bill McSwain. Then he convinced another, Sen. Jake Corman, to reverse his decision to drop out of the GOP race. -
Every election cycle, candidates for the U.S. Senate and House have to file detailed, public reports on their personal finances. Most Pennsylvania candidates filed these reports by last summer. But WHYY’s Katie Meyer reports that voters still don’t have any information about two extremely wealthy GOP Senate candidates. -
Four Republican candidates for Pennsylvania governor have issued an exacting set of demands they say have to be met before they’ll participate in primary election debates. WHYY’s Katie Meyer reports that, among other things, they say moderators have to be registered Republicans, and they can’t have spoken negatively about any candidate or work for an organization that has maligned them. -
The Philadelphia Democratic Party has officially endorsed Congressman Conor Lamb in the Democratic US Senate primary. Party leaders say they chose Lamb over Philly State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, and Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, because they think Lamb can win. But WHYY’s Katie Meyer reports, the decision was also personal. -
There’s a long history of gasoline prices having outsize effects on political fortunes. WHYY’s Katie Meyer reports as prices hit record highs months before an enormously consequential primary election, Pennsylvania voters and candidates are taking notice. -
Democrats in Pennsylvania are trying to make up for an election year filled with political headwinds. They’re launching a nationally-backed campaign effort today, and WHYY’s Katie Meyer reports strategists and political experts say it’ll be unprecedented in size and expense.
