Luke Russert is an American

United States

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 television and radio personality. He has followed in the footsteps of his father, Tim Russert

Tim Russert

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, who was prominent in the television news industry. His mother is Maureen Orth

Maureen Orth

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, special correspondent for Vanity Fair

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. He has co-hosted a sports talk

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 program on XM radio with James Carville

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 called 60/20 Sports. While in college, he worked for the ESPN

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 program Pardon the Interruption

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.

Russert graduated from St. Albans School

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 in Washington, D.C.

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 in 2004. In 2008, following his graduation from Boston College

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 and the subsequent death of his father, NBC News

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 hired Russert as a correspondent covering youth issues in the 2008 presidential election

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. He was assigned to the Democratic

2008 Democratic National Convention

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 and Republican

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 conventions. Since May 2009, Russert has worked for NBC News on Capitol Hill as a congressional correspondent covering the House of Representatives. Russert also reported for NBC during Hurricane Irene in 2011.

Luke has embraced charitable causes championed by his late father, serving as emcee of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington's 25th Annual Tim Russert Congressional Dinner on April 20, 2010. The event honored Senator Susan Collins

Susan Collins

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 and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer

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 for their prolonged commitment to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

He is also an outspoken sports fan, generally supporting both Buffalo (most notably the Buffalo Bills) and Washington D.C. teams.