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Leigh Ann Caldwell (born August 15, 1978) is an American political correspondent. She is an NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent, covering the United States Congress. She is married to physicist Gregory Jaczko.

Early life
Caldwell was raised in Las Vegas. She was a accomplished swimmer during her high school days and attended North Carolina State University on a four year scholarship for distance swimming. She majored in Communications and Political Science, graduating in 2000.

Career
She moved to New York City after graduating and became a freelance journalist. From 2004-2012, she launched Radio Rootz, an education initiative for youth. She has worked for Free Speech Radio News (2006-2011), C-SPAN (2011), Radio France Internationale, CBS News (2012-2013) and CNN (2013-2014). She joined NBC News in 2014 and has been a Capitol Hill correspondent since 2019.

During the 2008 United States presidential election, she hosted her a daily syndicated election show, Election Unspun.

She won an investigative journalism award from the Independent Press Association for her coverage of the rebuilding of New York City after the September 11 attacks.

Personal life
She married physicist Gregory Jaczko on May 5, 2007 and has two children.