Steve Contorno is a reporter for CNN in Florida where he covers politics and power in the Sunshine State.
Contorno joined CNN in 2021 after eight years at the Tampa Bay Times, where he led the paper’s coverage of the 2020 election and Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Before moving to Florida, Contorno worked in Washington, D.C. as a staff writer for PolitiFact. He previously covered Congress and Virginia politics for the Washington Examiner, Wisconsin politics for the Green Bay Press-Gazette and the Illinois statehouse for the Chicago Sun-Times.