xtroopersShe will be greatly missed by her colleagues and loved ones.
Alice Stewart passed away. She was a longtime CNN political analyst and adviser to multiple Republican presidential campaigns. She was fifty-eight.
Stewart’s corpse was discovered early Saturday morning in the northern Virginia suburb of Belle View, law enforcement officials told CNN. Officers think a medical emergency occurred and are not suspecting foul play.
The CEO of CNN, Mark Thompson, wrote an email to employees on Saturday saying, “Alice was a very dear friend and colleague to all of us at CNN.” “An Emmy Award-winning journalist and political veteran, she brought unparalleled energy to CNN’s coverage and was well-known throughout our bureaus for her unshakable kindness as well as her political intelligence. Our hearts ache as we deal with this incredible loss.
On March 11, 1966, Stewart was born in Atlanta.
According to Stewart, who told Harvard International Review, she began her career as a local reporter and producer in Georgia before relocating to Little Rock, Arkansas, to work as a news anchor. After that, she worked as the director of communications for Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee until taking on a similar position for his 2008 presidential campaign.
Additionally, she oversaw communications for former Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann’s 2012 Republican presidential campaign, as well as that of former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, a CNN pundit. Stewart most recently served as Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s 2016 GOP presidential campaign’s director of communications.
Cruz wrote on X, “Alice was amazing, talented, and a great friend.” “She will be much missed, and she lived each day to the utmost.”
Before the 2016 election, CNN hired Stewart as a political analyst. She has since made numerous appearances on the show to offer her opinions on the day’s political news, most notably on Friday’s episode of “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.”
Blitzer said to Jessica Dean on “CNN Newsroom,” “We always encouraged her to come on my show because we knew we would be a little bit smarter at the end of that conversation.” “We will miss her so much since she made our viewers understand what was going on better.”
Dana Bash, senior political correspondent for CNN and a longtime friend of Stewart from her days working for the Huckabee campaign, recalled her Saturday as “someone who said it.” Stewart has known Bash for almost 20 years.
“She provided that experience, which is just one of the many reasons she was so helpful to us on our political panels,” Bash continued. “She always did it with a smile on her face and brought that awareness of how Republican politics and Republican campaigns work.”
In 2020, Stewart said in an interview with Harvard Political Review that she provides “a perspective that I think CNN appreciates” in her capacity as a network analyst.
Stewart stated, “My role at CNN is to be an independent thinker and a conservative voice.” “When I cast my support for Trump, I didn’t leave my common sense and decency at the door. I’m not a never-trumper.
Asa Hutchinson, the former governor of Arkansas, recalled Stewart on Saturday as “someone who believed that politics was about making friends and not creating enemies.”
As he halted his presidential campaign earlier this year, Stewart “was one of the first ones to call me and support me,” he said to CNN. They also spoke only last week “about the mess that we see in our politics today.”
Hutchinson continued, “She was trying to alter that, and we’ll miss her.”
And we’ll miss her, but her legacy will live on.”
Stewart and fellow CNN analyst Maria Cardona co-hosted the podcast “Hot Mics From Left to Right.
Cardona stated on “CNN Newsroom,” “I just can’t believe that she’s gone,” and the two were scheduled to record an episode of their podcast on Saturday. “I want everyone to know how unique she was, particularly in her field of work. You are aware of how filthy and offensive today’s politics can be, and Alice was a bright, loving light in all of this.
Stewart was a fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, where she also served on the senior advisory council.
Stewart enjoyed running a great deal in her spare time. She ran the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile event last month and the TCS New York City Marathon in November. She regularly shared pictures from road races on social media.
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