Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator, dies at 58

 Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and experienced political consultant who worked on a number of GOP presidential campaigns, has passed on at age 58, the news arrange detailed Saturday.Police in northern Virginia told CNN that Stewart's body was found outside in the Bellevue neighborhood early Saturday morning and that no foul play was suspected. Authorities accept Stewart endured a therapeutic scene, agreeing to CNN.In an mail to staff, the network's CEO Stamp Thompson called Stewart "a exceptionally expensive companion and colleague to all of us at CNN.""A political ingenious and an Emmy Award-winning writer who brought an exceptional start to CNN's scope, known over our bureaus not as it were for her political adroit, but for her immovable benevolence," he composed. "Our hearts are overwhelming as we grieve such an exceptional loss."

Alice Stewart (L-R) Ed Goeas, Alice Stewart and Sway Heckman talking for Michele Bachman in the turn room after The Unused Hampshire Republican Presidential Talk about at Holy person Anselm College in Manchester on June 13, 2011. JAMES LEYNSE/CORBIS Through GETTY IMAGESNo encourage data approximately the cause of passing or survivors was accessible Saturday.Stewart was born on Walk 11, 1966, in Atlanta, and started her career as a neighborhood columnist in Georgia some time recently moving to Small Shake, Arkansas, to be a news grapple. She went on to serve as the communications chief in then-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's office. She expected comparable parts amid Huckabee's presidential run in 2008 and served as communications chief for the 2012 presidential offers of Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and at that point previous Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. Most as of late, Stewart was the communications chief for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's 2016 campaign.

"Heartbreaking," Cruz posted Saturday on social media. "Alice was superb and gifted and a expensive companion. And she adored America furiously. She lived each day to the fullest, and she will be profoundly missed. May God's consolation and peace be upon her cherished ones. RIP."Stewart came on board CNN as a political commentator some time recently the 2016 decision and regularly showed up on discuss to give understanding on the political news of the day. She final showed up Friday on "The Circumstance Room with Wolf Blitzer."Stewart told the Harvard Political Audit in 2020 that she brings "a point of view that I think CNN appreciates.""My position at CNN is to be a preservationist voice however an autonomous scholar," Stewart said. "I'm not a Kool-Aid consumer; I'm not a never-Trumper, and I didn't check my common sense and goodness at the entryway when I voted for (Trump)."

Former Arkansas representative and presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson posted on X that Stewart's "sudden passing is such a misfortune to all who esteemed her fellowship as well as her political passion.""I to begin with met Alice in Arkansas and I am glad that she centered on making companions in legislative issues and not making adversaries," he posted. "Thank you Alice Stewart!"Stewart too co-hosted the podcast "Hot Mics from Cleared out to Right" nearby individual CNN commentator Maria Cardona, and served on the senior admonitory committee at the Organized of Legislative issues at Harvard University's Kennedy School where she was already a fellow.In her free time, Stewart was an eager runner, concurring to CNN. She habitually posted photographs from street races on social media, counting from the TCS Modern York City Marathon, which she ran in November, and the Credit Union Cherry Bloom 10 Mile race, which she ran final month.