Lawmakers defeat journalists in trivia contest

Lawmakers defeat journalists in trivia contest
@ 11:16 pm by Emily Goodin


Lawmakers got their revenge for any bad press they might have received when they defeated some of D.C.'s brightest journalists in a political trivia contest Thursday night.

The four politicians — Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and former Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) — came from behind to eke out a 10 point win at The Hotline's Political Pursuit event.

The "Members Only" team of lawmakers faced off against the Broadcast News team, consisting of CNN's Dana Bash, NBC's Chuck Todd, ABC's Jonathan Karl and Fox News Channel's Molly Henneberg; and a "Old School" team of print reporters — Bloomberg's Al Hunt, the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, the Washington Times' Christina Bellantoni, and the Wall Street Journal's Sue Davis.

The "Members Only" team trailed badly in the beginning but made up enough ground to win with 290 points to the "Broadcast News'" 280. The "Old School" team came in third with 220 points.

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