John Harwood (born 1956) is an American journalist who is the Chief Washington Correspondent for CNBC and a writer for The New York Times. He writes a weekly column entitled "The Caucus" that appears on Monday about Washington politics and policy. Before joining the Times, he wrote for The Wall Street Journal.

A 1978 magna cum laude graduate of Duke University, Harwood has also served as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He frequently appears on Washington Week, a public affairs program on PBS hosted by Gwen Ifill, as well as NBC's Meet the Press, and MSNBC's Morning Joe.

Harwood's father, Richard Harwood, was a reporter and writer for The Washington Post. According to John Harwood's article in The Washington Post (April 30, 2000, page B4), Harwood's mother was an active campaigner for the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 and Harwood, at age 11, appeared in a TV ad for Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 campaign.

Harwood, along with co-author Jerry Seib, were Tim Russert's guests in Russert's last taped interview of "Meet the Press" which was to air the weekend of June 14, 2008, just hours before Russert's death.

Harwood lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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