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| Born | Dana Ruth Schwartz (1971-06-15)June 15, 1971 (age 54) New York City, U.S. |
| Education | George Washington University (BA) |
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| Employer | CNN |
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| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Stuart Schwartz (father) |
Dana Ruth Bash[a] (néeSchwartz; born June 15, 1971)[1][2] is anAmericanjournalist, news anchor, host ofInside Politics and co-anchor ofState of the Union onCNN.
Bash was born Dana Ruth Schwartz inManhattan into aJewish family, to Frances (née Weinman) Schwartz, an author and educator inJewish studies, andStuart Schwartz, anABC News producer who served as the senior broadcast producer forGood Morning America.[3] Bash's maternal grandmother, Teri Vidor Weinman, and her family wereHungarian Jews. Weinman escaped to the U.S. with her husband in October 1941, but her parents and sister were murdered atAuschwitz concentration camp after theoccupation of Hungary in 1944.[4]
Bash moved with her family toTeaneck, New Jersey, and shortly thereafter toWashington, D.C., returning toMontvale, New Jersey, as a preteen.[3] Bash attendedPascack Hills High School in Montvale.[5] She graduatedcum laude with a bachelor's degree in political communications fromGeorge Washington University.[6][7] While at college, she interned atNBC,CBS, andCNN.[3] In May 2018, Bash received an honoraryDoctorate of Humane Letters fromFranklin Pierce University inRindge, New Hampshire.[8]
After college, Bash joined CNN as a producer of their weekend programs such asLate Edition,Evans & Novak, andInside Politics (later occasionally filling in for regular hostJohn King). Later, she began producing programming specializing in coverage of theUnited States Senate, eventually becoming CNN's Chief Congressional Correspondent.[9]
Bash was one of the women honored atElle magazine's 2014 "Women in Washington Power List" event.[10]
Bash was host of the 2019 Democratic presidential primary debate whereKamala Harris was noted for making her "that little girl was me" statement toJoe Biden.[11][12]
In 2021, Bash joinedJake Tapper to become co-host of CNN's Sunday morning showState of The Union.[citation needed]
In April 2023, CNN announced that Bash would succeedJohn King as solo anchor ofInside Politics.[13][14]
In 2024, she co-moderated a Republican primary debate in Iowa alongside Tapper betweenNikki Haley andRon DeSantis.[15] She also co-moderated the2024 presidential debate betweenDonald Trump and Joe Biden, also alongside Tapper.[2]
In 2024, Hanover Square Press published her book, written with David Fisher, about the1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election. It is titledAmerica's Deadliest Election: The Shocking True Story of the Election that Changed American History.
From 1998 to 2007, Bash was married toJeremy Bash, who would becomeCIA chief of staff andDepartment of Defense chief of staff under PresidentBarack Obama.[16][17] In 2008, she married fellow CNN correspondentJohn King.[18][19] Bash gave birth to a son in 2011; she and King divorced in 2012.[20][21]
In 2011, she resigned as a trustee ofJewish Women International under pressure over itsabortion-rights advocacy. A number of conservative blogs had highlighted the group's position on abortion after Bash accepted the trustee position.[22]
At 43, she has more than a decade of high-visibility work for the network behind her
MONTVALE – Dana Bash grew up behind the scenes. And family members say it was just a matter of time before the Pascack Hills High School graduate and newest CNN White House correspondent was in front of them.
CNN chief national correspondent John King, 43, is set to marry CNN congressional correspondent Dana Bash, 36, in May. King, who is of Irish Catholic background, told the New York Post: "I'm studying to convert and will consider inviting you to my bar mitzvah.
