Career
He is best known for his biweekly political newsletter The Rothenberg Political Report (renamed The Rothenberg and Gonzalez Political Report in 2015). He is also a regular columnist at Roll Call and an occasional op-ed contributor to other publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Orlando Sentinel. Rothenberg, currently a resident of Potomac, Maryland, lived in Waterville, Maine while attending Colby College before relocating to Connecticut to earn his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut.
Foreign a time, he settled in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, to teach political science at Bucknell University, a subject he has also taught at the Catholic University of America.
In addition to his writing, he has been frequently featured in news broadcasts and worked with Cable News Network as a political analyst for over ten years. He also served as a political analyst for Columbia Broadcasting System News and for the Voice of America.
The Rothenberg Political Report projected Republicans would gain between 55-65 seats in the House of Representatives (they gained 63) and between 6-8 seats in the Senate (they gained 6).