Kate Bedingfield joins CNN as political commentator

Former White House communications director Kate Bedingfield will be joining CNN as a political commentator, the outlet said Friday morning.

She becomes the latest former White House media official to join a broadcast network, following former press secretary Jen Psaki, who left the White House in May 2022 to host her own MSNBC show that premiered earlier this year, and Symone Sanders, who also joined the network the same year after serving as the spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris.

The longtime Biden aide, who worked for the president on his 2020 campaign and in the Obama administration, left her perch atop the White House press shop at the end of February. She was succeeded by Ben LaBolt.

“I’m thrilled to have this opportunity to work with some of the very best in journalism at such a pivotal moment in our nation’s politics,” she tweeted in response to the news. “Can’t wait to get started. See you guys soon.”

Before working for Biden, Bedingfield filled her resume with communications positions working for Democrats in Washington, including stints with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) during her 2008 campaign, former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) during his 2008 presidential run and the DCCC in 2006.