Candy Woodall is a politics editor for USA TODAY in Washington, D.C. She previously covered Congress and the 2022 midterms for USA TODAY. Before that, she worked for the USA TODAY Network Pennsylvania Capital Bureau, where she covered state politics, the COVID-19 outbreak and 2020 presidential election. Prior to that, she covered racism, gubernatorial elections, the 2018 midterms and the Catholic priest abuse scandal. She has previously worked as a trending and breaking news editor and led an award-winning team to triple-digit audience growth. Candy has covered every election since 2000, including leading coverage of the 2016 presidential election in Pennsylvania.