Dana Bash Biography

Dana Bash is an American anchor and political correspondent working at CNN. She previously worked at CBS and ABC News. 

Dana Bash Education

Bash went to Pascack Hills High School where she attained her high school diploma. She, later on, joined George Washington University where she attained her Bachelor’s in Political Communications. In addition to that, she also interned at CBS, NBC, and CNN during her time in college. On 12 May 2018, she was awarded a doctorate in Human Letters from Rindge University.

Dana Bash CNN

Bash serves as the co-anchor of the f State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash and is also the chief political correspondent at CNN. In this role, she encloses both Congress and campaigns and often makes appearances as a moderator at CNN’s political town hall specials. Prior to this role, she moderated the network’s first debate of the 2020 election cycle in Detroit and the last Democratic Presidential Debate of the cycle held in Washington, D.C. In addition to this, she previously served as the anchor of Election Night in America about the 2020 election.

Bash has also managed to win several awards including Excellence in Broadcast Journalism by the National Press Foundation’s 2019 Sol Taishoff. She was also among the team that assisted in the launch of her own series by the name of “Being…” which is aired every Sunday morning making interviews. This series focuses on in-depth discussions with people and topics affecting politics, American policy, and culture. She also debuted her digital CNN series by name of “Badass Women of Washington” in 2017. The series aims at spotlighting women from different backgrounds, races, and ethnicity to showcase how they have shattered glass ceilings on their way up the ranks.

Notable Works

In 2016, Bash played a very important part during the 2016 election debate and served as a questioner in six of the network’s seven primetime primary debates. In addition to that, she also served as a co-anchor during the 2020 USA elections. She also managed to interview well-known celebrities and politicians including Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, John Kasich, Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders, and Governor Jeb Bush.

Bash held an exclusive interview with Speaker John Boehner on his very last day in office. In addition, she also served as the lead correspondent where she enclosed the House Select Committee on Benghazi. She also played a major role in CNN’s midterm Election Night in America reporting from the war rooms of the DNC, the RNC, and CNN’s Election Center in Washington.

Bash has also managed to interview other famous personalities and politicians including former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (R-Ariz.) alongside her husband Mark Kelly in Arizona, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

Dana Bash Age

Bash is 54 years old. She was born on 15 June 1971 in New York, New York, United States. She celebrates her birthday on the 15th of June every year.

Dana Bash Height

Bash stands at a height of 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m).

Dana Bash Family

Bash was born to Frances (née Weinman) Schwartz, author and instructor of Jewish studies, and Stuart Schwartz, founder of ABC News, who worked as a senior broadcast producer for Good Morning America. Her grandma was a TV director and editor Lela Swift, and her great-uncle was baseball statistician Seymour Siwoff. She grew up living in Washington, D.C., New Jersey. Her great-grandparents, Rudolph and Matilda Vidor, and Aunt Magda Vidor were Hungarian Jews.

Unfortunately, they were taken by Hitler’s Nazi thugs, brought to Auschwitz, and killed for being Jewish. Further, her father celebrates his birthday on the 25th of November annually while her mother celebrates hers on the 25th of September. Stuart works at the University of Maryland as a teacher.Further, she has a brother named David who celebrates his birthady on the 23rd of Decemeber annually.

David has a son and a daughter, Stella. His son was born on 18th January 2014 and is 12 years old. Stella was born on 20th April 2015 and is 10 years old.

Dana Bash Husband

From 1998 to 2007, Bash was married to Jeremy Bash, who later became Chief of Staff of the CIA and Chief of Staff of the Department of Defense under President Barack Obama. In 2008, she married fellow CNN correspondent, John King. Bash gave birth to a son, Jonah King, on 28th June 2011 and divorced King in 2012. Jonah is 14 years old.

Is Dana Bash In A Relationship?

Bash seems to be in a relationship with American actor, Spencer Garrett as suggested by their Instagram posts. Garrett calls her his love. Regulalrly, Bash posts him on her Instagram account wishing him a happy birthday and they even went on vacation together. Previously, she was married twice. However, we will update this information once available to the public.

Dana Bash Net Worth

Bash has an estimated net worth of $6 Million which she has earned through being CNN’s chief political correspondent.

Dana Bash Salary

Bash earns an annual salary ranging from $70,000 – $ 210,500.

Is Dana Bash Jewish?

Bash is of Jewish descent as her great-grandparents, Rudolph and Matilda Vidor, and Aunt Magda Vidor were Hungarian Jews.

CNN

Bash works at CNN where she works alongside other famous CNN anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sports anchors including;

1. Roland Martin
2. Sara Sidner
3. Erin Mclaughlin
4. Alex Marquardt
5. Jean Casarez
6. Dylan Byers
7. Bob Van Dillen
8. Kirsten Powers
9. Midwin Charles
10. Anderson Cooper
11. Pamela Brown
12. Gloria Borger

The table below answers some of the frequently asked questions about Bash.