Rachael Bade Biography
Rachael Bade is the senior Washington correspondent for POLITICO and a CNN political analyst. She is a co-author of POLITICO Playbook, the most renowned political newsletter tracking power and influence in Washington, D.C.
Rachael Bade Age
Rachael is 33 years old, she was born in 1989 in Tippy City, Ohio, United States. She celebrates her birthday on July 19.
Rachael Bade Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Rachael Bade Education
She graduated from the University of Dayton with degrees in political science and communication.
Rachael Bade Family
Bade has managed to keep her family from the public. There is no available information about her parents nor her siblings if she has any.
Rachael Bade Husband
Rachel is married to Alex Bishop. The couple got married on June 4, 2016 at Potomac Point Winery and later went for their honeymoon in Italy. The couple met in 2007 but they are no available details about how they met.
Alex is a mechanical engineer turned stay at home dad. He graduated from the University of Dayton with a Mechanical Engineering degree and spent about four years working in the civil engineering field with Turner Construction Co. He later transitioned to his original passion and area of expertise, mechanical engineering and joined Dewberry.
Rachael Bade Baby
Bade and her husband Alex share a daughter known as Skyla Ann Bishop born in June 2022. She conceived her through IVF. She said she had been tried for more than 2 years and had 4 failed IVF transfers. She revealed through her Twitter account that her first IVF procedure was in September 2019 after Pelosi announced impeachment proceedings.
Rachael Bade CNN
Bade serves as a political analyst for CNN. She has also appeared on on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” ABC’s “This Week” and Fox News’ “Fox News Sunday.”
Rachael Bade Ballet
Rachael is a former classical ballet dancer. While in High school she trained under Barbara Pontecorvo for a decade. She attained leading roles in various performances such as Valse-Fantaisie, Serenade, Who Cares and Concerto Barocco at Gem City Ballet.
She has also trained with American Ballet Theatre in New York and Seattle for Pacific Northwest Ballet. She has danced with Ballet Austin, Ballet ADI, MOVIEIUS Contemporary Ballet and Dissonance Theatre.
Rachael Bade POLITICO
Rachael is the senior Washington correspondent for POLITICO. She re-joined POLITICO after serving as a Congress reporter for The Washington Post, primarily focusing on the House. Her coverage areas included House Democrats’ oversight of the Trump administration as well as policy clashes with the White House, the dynamics animating the historic freshman class and the inner workings of the Democratic leadership team. She left The Post in December 2020.
Prior to joining The Post, she covered Congress for POLITICO, where she spent six years of her journalism career. She chronicled President Trump’s remaking of the GOP, churning out stories with behind-the-scenes details about the struggle between pro-Trump lawmakers and those fearful of the new direction of the party.
As a veteran of congressional press corps, her stories illuminated the power struggles and personal dynamics animating the major policy clashes of Capitol Hill. While at The Post, she broke news on the party’s attempts to hold the president accountable as well as the historic impeachment effort.
Rachael Bade Playbook
Bade is a co-author of POLITICO Playbook, a political newsletter tracking power and influence in Washington, D.C.
Rachael Bade Book
Rachel is the author of “UNCHECKED: The Untold Story Behind Congress’s Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump.” The book details how Democrats fumbled their efforts to oust the 45th president twice and with Republican complacency, undermined the tool of impeachment forevermore.
Rachael Bade Political Party
Rachael has not publicly declared her political affiliations. She has been a congressional reporter for The Washington Post since 2019. She helped the Post write about House Democrats’ oversight of the Trump administration. She also helped the publication’s coverage of the Trump impeachment inquiry.
Rachael Bade Net worth
She has an estimated net worth of $3 million.