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Matt Lewis is an American conservative political analyst, commentator, and reporter. Lewis was raised in Myersville, Maryland. He is a graduate of Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Lewis has also lived in North Dakota and is currently based in Alexandria, Virginia.

During his writing career, Lewis has been a contributing writer for Townhall.com, AOL's PoliticsDaily.com, and Human Events and has also written for The Politico. In 2011, Lewis joined the staff of The Daily Caller. His program 'The Matt Lewis Show' (alternatively known as 'Matt Lewis and the News' as a reference to 'Huey Lewis & The News') is available as free podcasts on iTunes.

Lewis also frequently appears on television networks such as MSNBC and Fox News Channel and has appeared on CNN. Since February 2009, Lewis has represented the conservative viewpoint on Bloggingheads.tv's weekly segment, The Week in Blog. As a commentator, Lewis has offered conservative criticisms of McCain as the Republicans' presidential nominee, and of Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele.

Lewis also served as director of grassroots for the Leadership Institute, a nonprofit conservative training organization, for which he organized and led workshops around the United States. In 2002, Politics Magazine selected Lewis as a "Rising Star of Politics."

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