He is Politico’s politics bureau chief and senior political columnist, the co-author of the 2012 book The End of the Line: Romney vs. Obama: The 34 Days That Decided the Election, and the co-author of the 2022 book This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future.
[1][2] He majored in history at Hampden–Sydney College,[2] where he graduated with a bachelor of arts degree.
[7][8] With Glenn Thrush, Martin co-authored a book about the 2012 United States presidential election.
[5] In a review for Chicago magazine, Carol Felsenthal noted that it was "full of insider intelligence.
"[9] Together with fellow New York Times reporter Alexander Burns, Martin authored the book This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future on the last months of Donald Trump's presidency, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol building, which was published in May 2022.