Ceci Connolly has been a national staff writer at the Washington Post since 1997. She is currently writing about health care in America. Her articles cover a wide range of subjects including Medicare reform, bioterrorism, the uninsured, the pharmaceutical industry, obesity and the debate over embryonic stem cell research.

During the 2000 presidential campaign, Connolly spent 18 months on the road as the paper's lead reporter covering Vice President Al Gore. She reported on the debates, the selection of running mate Joseph Lieberman, the Democratic National Convention and the historic Florida recount. Afterward, Connolly was a prime contributor to "Deadlock," the Post's groundbreaking book on the election.

In her tenure, she has also covered congressional and gubernatorial elections, House speakers Newt Gingrich and Dennis Hastert, and the political fallout of the Monica S. Lewinksy scandal. In late 1997 she produced a three-part, behind-the-scenes look at the tobacco wars. In early 2004, she returned to the campaign trail to spend five weeks tracking the remarkable rise of Sen. John Kerry.

Prior to joining the Post, Connolly was a Washington correspondent for the St. Petersburg (Florida) Times. She reported on Congress from the beginning of the Republican Revolution in 1994 through the 1995 budget battles. In 1996, Connolly was assigned to the Bob Dole presidential campaign, traveling to more than 30 states with the GOP nominee.
Connolly moved to Washington in 1992 to work for Congressional Quarterly, the magazine of record on Capitol Hill. At the weekly magazine, she wrote about politics and health care. She has also worked for the Associated Press and two New England dailies, the Concord (New Hampshire) Monitor and the Quincy (Massachusetts) Patriot Ledger.

In 2001, she was awarded a fellowship at the Institute of Politics at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. A frequent contributor to the Washington Week and Fox News Sunday television programs, Connolly is a graduate of Boston College and the Poynter Institute for Media Studies.