Twitter: @MajorCBS

Major Garrett was named CBS News’ Chief Washington Correspondent in December 2018. As Chief Washington Correspondent, Garrett reports for all CBS News broadcasts and platforms and is a substitute anchor of The CBS Evening News With Norah O’Donnell. Garrett is also the host and creator of “The Takeout,” a weekly multi-platform interview show on politics, policy and pop culture available on CBS News Streaming, top radio stations, SiriusXM, and all podcast platforms. Garrett is also the host and creator of the award-winning documentary podcast “The Debrief.”

From 2012 until 2018, Garrett served as CBS News’ Chief White House Correspondent, traveling the world and covering all day-to-day developments of the Obama administration. From 2015 to 2016 Garrett covered the Republican presidential campaign, including every GOP debate, both major party conventions and all general election presidential debates. During the transition, Garrett broke numerous Trump cabinet appointments. Garrett covered every major domestic and foreign policy story of the Trump administration.

Before joining CBS News as Chief White House correspondent, Garrett was a fixture during CBS News’ coverage of Campaign 2012 through a partnership with the National Journal, where he was a senior correspondent and columnist. He co-hosted the network’s 2011 South Carolina Republican Primary debate alongside CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Scott Pelley.

Prior to National Journal, Garrett was the Senior White House correspondent for Fox News. Before joining Fox News, Garrett was a White House correspondent for CNN. Previously, he was a senior editor for U.S. News and World Report, where he reported on Congress and the impeachment of President Clinton.
Garrett is the author of four books: “Common Cents,” with former Rep. Tim Penny (D-Minnesota) Little, Brown Publisher, 1995; “The 15 Biggest Lies in Politics,” St. Martin’s 1999; “The Enduring Revolution,” Crown Forum 2005 and “Mr. Trump’s Wild Ride,” St. Martin’s, 2018.

Garrett graduated in 1984 from the University of Missouri with degrees in journalism and political science. A native of San Diego, California, he lives in Washington, D.C.

David Becker

Twitter: @beckerdavidj

David Becker is the Executive Director and Founder of the nonpartisan, non-profit Center for Election Innovation & Research, working with election officials of both parties, all around the country, to ensure accessible, secure elections for all eligible voters. A key element of David’s work with CEIR is managing the Election Official Legal Defense Network, providing pro bono legal assistance to election officials who are threatened with frivolous criminal prosecution, harassment, or physical violence.

Prior to founding CEIR, David was Director of the elections program at The Pew Charitable Trusts. As the lead for Pew’s analysis and advocacy on elections issues, David spearheaded development of the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, which to date has helped a bipartisan group of thirty states update over 25 million out-of-date voter records, and helped those states register tens of millions of new eligible voters. 

Before joining Pew, David served for seven years as a senior trial attorney in the Voting Section of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, overseeing voting rights enforcement in several states, including California and Georgia, and served as lead counsel on major voting rights litigation, including the case of Georgia v. Ashcroft, ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

David serves as CBS’ election law expert, and his many appearances in the media include The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, PBS NewsHour, and NPR, and is frequently published on election issues.

David received both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a two-time champion on Jeopardy! and a winner on Who Wants to be a Millionaire.