AKA Dana Ruth Schwartz
- Born: 1972
- Gender: Female
- Race or Ethnicity: White
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Occupation: Journalist
- Father: Stu Schwartz
- Mother: Frances Weinman Schwartz ("Francie")
- Brother: David Schwartz
- Husband: Jeremy B. Bash (m. 6-Sep-1988)
- Nationality: United States
- Executive summary: CNN Congressional correspondent
- High School: Pascack Hills High School, Montvale, NJ
- University: BA Political Communications, George Washington University
Dana Bash is CNN's senior congressional corespondent, responsible for covering the activities of both the U.S. House and Senate. Named to this position in December 2008 and based in the network's Washington, D.C. bureaum Bash has covered the U.S. Congress for CNN since March 2006.
As a member of the "Best Political Team on Television", Bash covered the candidates on the trail for the network's America Votes 2008 coverage and interviewed the Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on numerous occasions. During the course of the long primary campaign, Bash also interviewed the major Republican contenders and broke many stories, including Gov. Mitt Romney's decision to suspend his campaign.
Prior to covering Congress and the 2008 campaign, Bash reported as CNN"s White House correspondent from the nation's capital and from locations around the world covering President George W. Bush and his administration. Bash has reported on major stories including Hurricane Katrina, the CIA leak investigation and the capture of Saddam Hussein. She was intrumental in CNN's 2006 mid-term election coverage and the 2004 presidential campaign, which she covered from start to finish
As a member of the "Best Political Team on Television", Bash covered the candidates on the trail for the network's America Votes 2008 coverage and interviewed the Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on numerous occasions. During the course of the long primary campaign, Bash also interviewed the major Republican contenders and broke many stories, including Gov. Mitt Romney's decision to suspend his campaign.
Prior to covering Congress and the 2008 campaign, Bash reported as CNN"s White House correspondent from the nation's capital and from locations around the world covering President George W. Bush and his administration. Bash has reported on major stories including Hurricane Katrina, the CIA leak investigation and the capture of Saddam Hussein. She was intrumental in CNN's 2006 mid-term election coverage and the 2004 presidential campaign, which she covered from start to finish