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Amanda Carpenter
Born	(1982-11-20) November 20, 1982 (age 42)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Ball State University
Occupation	Political commentator
Known for	Print and television pundit

Amanda Carpenter (born November 20, 1982) is an American author, political advisor, and speechwriter. She is a former senior staffer to Senators Jim DeMint and Ted Cruz. She was a columnist for The Washington Times from 2009 to 2010, has an active Twitter following, and regularly appears as a political contributor on CNN.

Life and career

Carpenter grew up in Montrose, Michigan.

After graduating from Ball State University with a B.A. in Communication Studies in 2005, Carpenter worked as a congressional correspondent for Human Events from 2005 to 2007 before going to Townhall.com to become its national political reporter.

In March 2009, Carpenter took a position with The Washington Times, where she wrote a daily column called the Hot Button that covered political and cultural issues as well other news articles.

In early 2010, Carpenter left The Washington Times and joined Senator Jim DeMint's staff as senior communications advisor and speechwriter.

In January 2013, Carpenter became senior communications advisor and speechwriter for Senator Ted Cruz.

In July 2015, Carpenter returned to her journalism career. She now works as a CNN political commentator.

Carpenter is also known as a blogger, author, and commentator. She has made numerous media appearances, including segments on the BBC; Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor, Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, Hannity & Colmes, and The Big Story; MSNBC's Tucker; PBS's To the Contrary and CNN's Larry King Live and Reliable Sources. Her book The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy's Dossier on Hillary Rodham Clinton was published in 2006. She later wrote about the 2008 presidential election for Glamour magazine's blog "Glamocracy." As of June 2015, Carpenter had more than 56,000 followers on Twitter—more than any congressional staffer.

Publications

• The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy's Dossier on Hillary Rodham Clinton. Regnery Publishing. 2006. ISBN 978-1-59698-014-3.

See also

• Vast right-wing conspiracy

Notes

1. ^ Carpenter's birthday is November 20. She was 31 years old on February 26, 2014.

References

1. ^ Sanchez, Humberto (February 26, 2014). "Amanda Carpenter Is Ted Cruz's Twitter Torrent". Roll Call. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
2. Carpenter, Amanda. "Amanda Carpenter". LinkedIn. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
3. ^ Weigel, David (January 25, 2010). "DeMint Hires Amanda Carpenter". The Washington Independent. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
4. "Amanda Carpenter". Townhall. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
5. Dornic, Matt (February 5, 2009). "Townhall's Amanda Carpenter to Washington Times". Mediabistro.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-12. Retrieved April 10, 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
6. "Amanda Carpenter". WashingtonTimes.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2010. Retrieved April 10, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
7. @amandacarpenter (January 25, 2010). "And the big news is...I'm leaving TWT to join Sen. DeMint's staff as senior communications advisor and speechwriter" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
8. @amandacarpenter (January 22, 2013). "Thrilled to announce I'm starting my new job today as Senator Cruz's senior communications advisor and speechwriter!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
9. ^ Lesniewski, Niels (June 9, 2015). "Amanda Carpenter Leaving Ted Cruz World". Roll Call. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
10. ^ Carpenter, Amanda (December 10, 2007). "Glamocracy". Glamocracy (blog). Glamour. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
11. ^ Maltz, Phoebe (February 2012). "What's Your Story?—Amanda Carpenter". AmericasFuture.org. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
12. @amandacarpenter (November 20, 2009). "Yay, it's my birthday. Another year wiser!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on March 31, 2016 – via Twitter.

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Articles by Amanda Carpenter on Townhall
• Video discussions in which Amanda Carpenter has taken part via Bloggingheads.tv

• American women bloggers
• American columnists
• American political writers
• American television personalities
• Ball State University alumni
• Human Events people
• The Washington Times people
• People from Genesee County, Michigan
• Living people
• 1982 births
• American women journalists