Sara Murray - Political Correspondent
Sara Murray
Political Correspondent
Sara Murray is a CNN political correspondent based in Washington, D.C.
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Police report reveals new details from sexual assault allegation against Trump’s defense secretary nominee
Nov 21, 2024
A California woman told police that Trump Cabinet pick Pete Hegseth physically blocked her from leaving a hotel room, took her phone, and then sexually assaulted her even though she “remembered saying ‘no’ a lot,” a police report obtained by CNN shows.
Pennsylvania Democratic official apologizes for comments about ignoring election laws
Nov 20, 2024
A Democratic election official in Pennsylvania offered an impassioned apology Wednesday for claiming “precedent by a court doesn’t matter anymore in this country” to justify counting about 600 faulty ballots in defiance of state Supreme Court rulings.
Trump allies lobby him to fire FBI director early and install loyalist Kash Patel
Nov 15, 2024
Donald Trump is weighing a push from right-wing allies to nominate Kash Patel to lead the FBI, one of the clearest indications Trump plans to stick by his vow to fire Director Christopher Wray before his 10-year term ends and replace him with a loyalist.
What happens to Trump’s criminal and civil cases now that he’s been reelected
Nov 12, 2024
Donald Trump has been reelected to the White House as a convicted felon who is awaiting sentencing in his hush money case in New York and still working to stave off prosecution in other state and federal cases.
In Georgia, it’s Republican vs. Republican as election misinformation spreads
Nov 4, 2024
The deep mistrust between conservatives and Republican election officials in Georgia is hampering efforts to slow the tide of election misinformation swirling in this pivotal battleground.
Election officials are outmatched by Elon Musk’s misinformation machine
Oct 31, 2024
Elon Musk’s misinformation megaphone has created a “huge problem” for election officials in key battleground states who told CNN they’re struggling to combat the wave of falsehoods coming from the tech billionaire and spreading wildly on his X platform.
Steve Bannon is released from prison in time for the last-week push to Election Day
Oct 30, 2024
Steve Bannon was released from federal prison Tuesday, according to a source with knowledge, emerging just a week before Election Day to retake the helm of his weakened right-wing media platform.
US intelligence assesses Russian operatives behind fake video showing Pennsylvania ballots being destroyed
Oct 26, 2024
US intelligence has assessed that Russian operatives were behind a fake video purporting to show someone destroying mail-in ballots in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, that circulated on social media Thursday.
Election workers prepare to handle ‘concerning list’ of poll watchers who could disrupt the vote
Oct 25, 2024
During a special election in Wisconsin over the summer, a group of partisan poll watchers showed up at a handful of precincts in Glendale, a suburb of Milwaukee, and created chaos by contesting every absentee ballot that was cast.
Georgia’s Republican secretary of state finds just 20 noncitizens registered to vote out of 8.2 million
Oct 23, 2024
A review of the millions of registered voters in Georgia found just 20 noncitizens were registered to vote, Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday.
Election officials are hustling to fight misinformation in real time as early voting begins
Oct 22, 2024
The election misinformation machine is already ramping up in critical battleground states as early voting gets underway, and election officials are hustling to combat falsehoods in real time.
Steve Bannon to be released from prison next week, Bureau of Prisons says, despite his attempts for earlier exit
Oct 22, 2024
While imprisoned at FCI Danbury, Bannon has worked as an orderly in the prison library, making sure books were properly put away
Judge pauses rule that would require Georgia counties to hand-count ballots
Oct 16, 2024
A judge in Georgia has paused a new rule from the Georgia State Election Board that would have required officials to hand-count the number of ballots cast at each polling place, criticizing state election officials for approving it so close to Election Day.
‘We are fed up’: Ballot drop boxes are dividing neighbors in Wisconsin
Oct 16, 2024
In one conservative Wisconsin county, the sheriff appeared onstage at a Donald Trump campaign rally last week to brag about his efforts to ban ballot drop boxes.
Record number of early votes cast in Georgia as election gets underway in battleground state
Oct 16, 2024
A record number of early votes have been cast in Georgia on Tuesday as residents headed to the polls in a critical battleground state that is grappling with the fallout from Hurricane Helene and controversial election administration changes that have spurred a flurry of lawsuits.
About
Sara Murray is a CNN political correspondent based in Washington, D.C. She principally covers Washington investigations and works alongside CNN’s Justice Department team.
Murray joined CNN in 2015 to cover the expansive Republican field and most recently served as a White House correspondent for the network.
Murray joined CNN from The Wall Street Journal, where she served as an anchor for their digital network in New York. Prior to joining the video team, she covered Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential bid, shedding light on the inner workings of the campaign’s high command and breaking news on the candidate’s private comments to high-dollar donors.
During her tenure at The Wall Street Journal, Murray covered Congress’s unsuccessful attempt to overhaul the U.S. immigration system in 2013. She also spent years following the 2008 financial crisis and the economic fallout that ensued.
Murray was born and raised in Mt. Pleasant. Mich., and graduated from the University of Maryland. She resides in Washington, D.C.
