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Karoline Leavitt
Karoline Claire Leavitt (/lɛvɪt/, LEV-it; born August 24, 1997) is an American political spokesperson who since 2025 has served as the 36th White House press secretary. A member of the Republican Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2022 election for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district.
Leavitt studied politics and communication at Saint Anselm College, graduating in 2019. She interned in the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence and later became its associate director. In June 2020, Leavitt became an assistant White House press secretary. After Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election, she became a communications director for New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik.
In July 2021, Leavitt announced her campaign for the United States House of Representatives election for New Hampshire's first congressional district. She established herself as a pro-Trump candidate. Leavitt won the Republican primary, but lost to Democratic incumbent Chris Pappas. She served as a spokeswoman for MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, and became the press secretary for his 2024 presidential campaign.
In November 2024, President-elect Trump named Leavitt as his White House press secretary. She is the youngest person to hold the position in U.S. history.
Karoline Claire Leavitt was born on August 24, 1997, in Atkinson, New Hampshire. She was the third and youngest child of Bob and Erin Leavitt. Her family owned an ice cream stand in Atkinson and her father owned a used truck dealership in Plaistow. Leavitt attended Central Catholic High School, a private Catholic school in Lawrence, Massachusetts. She played softball and was named an Eagle-Tribune All-Star in 2014 and 2015. In interviews, she has credited her Roman Catholic education as formative for her spirituality and instilling her with certain mores, including faith, family, discipline, the importance of public service, and an anti-abortion stance.
Leavitt began attending Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, in 2015, where she received a scholarship to play softball and majored in communications and minored in political science. She interned with NBC Sports Boston but later shifted toward political journalism. Leavitt became involved with the New Hampshire Institute of Politics in her sophomore year; as the institute's ambassador, she interned for a United States senator and the television station WMUR. By the end of her sophomore year, she had given up softball. Leavitt applied for an internship at Fox News, but later interned as a writer for the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence writing letters and notes on behalf of the president. Leavitt founded Saint Anselm's broadcasting club and wrote for its paper, the Saint Anselm Crier. She later described herself as the "token conservative" on campus, and her writings reflected a conservative viewpoint. In a 2016 opinion piece for the Crier, she wrote that the media was "frankly crooked" and "unjust, unfair, and sometimes just plain old false". For one semester, Leavitt studied at John Cabot University in Rome. She graduated in 2019, becoming the first person in her immediate family to graduate from college.
After graduating, Leavitt was offered a full-time job in the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence responding to letters sent to president Donald Trump; by June 2020, she was its associate director. That month, she was named as an assistant White House press secretary after a friend who was a personal aide to the president referred her to the press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany. She attended an event in the White House Rose Garden that later served as the beginning of the White House COVID-19 outbreak; Leavitt later tested positive for the virus. In January 2021, weeks before Donald Trump left office, she became the communications director for New York representative Elise Stefanik.
On July 19, 2021, Leavitt announced her intention to run in the United States House of Representatives election for New Hampshire's first congressional district as a Republican in an interview with WMUR. She said she was encouraged to run after President Joe Biden reversed many of the policies enacted by his predecessor, Donald Trump, and after Twitter erroneously suspended her account while she was working for Stefanik. Within three days, her campaign had raised $100,000. Leavitt's campaign largely leveraged her experience within the Trump administration, as she sought to be viewed as the most pro-Trump candidate in the Republican primary. She officially filed to run in June 2022. Polling in August placed Leavitt second behind Matt Mowers, who had been the Republican nominee in the 2020 House of Representatives election.
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Karoline Leavitt
Karoline Claire Leavitt (/lɛvɪt/, LEV-it; born August 24, 1997) is an American political spokesperson who since 2025 has served as the 36th White House press secretary. A member of the Republican Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2022 election for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district.
Leavitt studied politics and communication at Saint Anselm College, graduating in 2019. She interned in the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence and later became its associate director. In June 2020, Leavitt became an assistant White House press secretary. After Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election, she became a communications director for New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik.
In July 2021, Leavitt announced her campaign for the United States House of Representatives election for New Hampshire's first congressional district. She established herself as a pro-Trump candidate. Leavitt won the Republican primary, but lost to Democratic incumbent Chris Pappas. She served as a spokeswoman for MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, and became the press secretary for his 2024 presidential campaign.
In November 2024, President-elect Trump named Leavitt as his White House press secretary. She is the youngest person to hold the position in U.S. history.
Karoline Claire Leavitt was born on August 24, 1997, in Atkinson, New Hampshire. She was the third and youngest child of Bob and Erin Leavitt. Her family owned an ice cream stand in Atkinson and her father owned a used truck dealership in Plaistow. Leavitt attended Central Catholic High School, a private Catholic school in Lawrence, Massachusetts. She played softball and was named an Eagle-Tribune All-Star in 2014 and 2015. In interviews, she has credited her Roman Catholic education as formative for her spirituality and instilling her with certain mores, including faith, family, discipline, the importance of public service, and an anti-abortion stance.
Leavitt began attending Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, in 2015, where she received a scholarship to play softball and majored in communications and minored in political science. She interned with NBC Sports Boston but later shifted toward political journalism. Leavitt became involved with the New Hampshire Institute of Politics in her sophomore year; as the institute's ambassador, she interned for a United States senator and the television station WMUR. By the end of her sophomore year, she had given up softball. Leavitt applied for an internship at Fox News, but later interned as a writer for the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence writing letters and notes on behalf of the president. Leavitt founded Saint Anselm's broadcasting club and wrote for its paper, the Saint Anselm Crier. She later described herself as the "token conservative" on campus, and her writings reflected a conservative viewpoint. In a 2016 opinion piece for the Crier, she wrote that the media was "frankly crooked" and "unjust, unfair, and sometimes just plain old false". For one semester, Leavitt studied at John Cabot University in Rome. She graduated in 2019, becoming the first person in her immediate family to graduate from college.
After graduating, Leavitt was offered a full-time job in the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence responding to letters sent to president Donald Trump; by June 2020, she was its associate director. That month, she was named as an assistant White House press secretary after a friend who was a personal aide to the president referred her to the press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany. She attended an event in the White House Rose Garden that later served as the beginning of the White House COVID-19 outbreak; Leavitt later tested positive for the virus. In January 2021, weeks before Donald Trump left office, she became the communications director for New York representative Elise Stefanik.
On July 19, 2021, Leavitt announced her intention to run in the United States House of Representatives election for New Hampshire's first congressional district as a Republican in an interview with WMUR. She said she was encouraged to run after President Joe Biden reversed many of the policies enacted by his predecessor, Donald Trump, and after Twitter erroneously suspended her account while she was working for Stefanik. Within three days, her campaign had raised $100,000. Leavitt's campaign largely leveraged her experience within the Trump administration, as she sought to be viewed as the most pro-Trump candidate in the Republican primary. She officially filed to run in June 2022. Polling in August placed Leavitt second behind Matt Mowers, who had been the Republican nominee in the 2020 House of Representatives election.
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