Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who labored on a number of Republican presidential campaigns, has died. She was 58.
Stewart’s physique was discovered open air in a northern Virginia neighborhood early Saturday morning, CNN reported. Law enforcement officers advised the cable information outlet that no foul play is suspected and imagine a medical emergency occurred.
“Alice was a very dear friend and colleague to all of us at CNN,” Mark Thompson, the community’s CEO, stated in an e-mail to workers on Saturday. “A political veteran and an Emmy Award-winning journalist who brought an incomparable spark to CNN’s coverage, known across our bureaus not only for her political savvy, but for her unwavering kindness. Our hearts are heavy as we mourn such an extraordinary loss.”
Stewart joined CNN as a political commentator forward of the 2016 election. She was additionally a co-host of the “Hot Mics From Left to Right” podcast, alongside fellow CNN commentator Maria Cardona.
Stewart began her profession as a neighborhood reporter and producer in her dwelling state, Georgia. She moved to Little Rock, Ark., to be a information anchor, and later served because the communications director in then-Arkanas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s workplace. In 2008, she assumed an identical function for Huckabee’s presidential run.
Stewart went on to function the communications director for different political campaigns, together with the 2012 presidential bids of former Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann after which former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. She was additionally the communications director for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s 2016 marketing campaign.