Simone Pathe - Senior Washington Editor, CNN Politics
Simone Pathe
Senior Washington Editor, CNN Politics
Simone Pathe is the senior Washington editor for CNN Politics.
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Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin will win reelection in Wisconsin, CNN projects
Nov 6, 2024
Sen. Tammy Baldwin will win reelection in Wisconsin, CNN projects, in a victory for Senate Democrats trying to defend the so-called blue wall states despite losing them at the presidential level and having already lost their majority in the chamber.
Moreno will defeat Brown in Ohio, CNN projects, in key pickup for GOP
Nov 6, 2024
Republican Bernie Moreno will defeat Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, CNN projects, a key pickup for the GOP in a state that’s been trending its way and putting the GOP one step closer to securing the Senate majority.
Angela Alsobrooks will hold Maryland Senate seat for Democrats, CNN projects
Nov 6, 2024
Democrat Angela Alsobrooks will win the Maryland Senate race, CNN projects, defeating Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan, whose candidacy made the race to replace retiring Sen. Ben Cardin competitive in this otherwise deep-blue state.
The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024
Nov 3, 2024
Senate control is up for grabs Tuesday. And although Republicans are well positioned to win the majority, Democrats cannot be counted out entirely.
The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024
Oct 4, 2024
With just over a month until Election Day, the same competitive races continue to dominate the Senate landscape, but there are a few significant changes to the order of CNN’s ranking of the seats most likely to flip.
Nation’s most competitive governor’s race tests the power of ticket-splitters in New Hampshire
Sep 29, 2024
The shadow of the presidential race looms over the New Hampshire governor’s election between Republican Kelly Ayotte and Democrat Joyce Craig.
Senate Democrats launch first multimillion-dollar TV investments in Texas and Florida as map grows more daunting
Sep 26, 2024
Senate Democrats’ campaign arm is making its first multimillion dollar TV investments in Texas and Florida – two GOP-held seats that represent the party’s best opportunities to mitigate any losses in red states and closely contested battlegrounds.
The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024
Aug 26, 2024
If there was one sign this week of Vice President Kamala Harris’ place atop the Democratic ticket having improved the party’s brand, it was the presence of so many Senate candidates taking the stage at its convention in Chicago.
Gwen Walz and Tim Walz are known as a team. But Minnesota’s first lady has been a powerful force in her own right
Aug 21, 2024
Gwen Walz’s biggest test on the national stage will begin Wednesday night, when she is introduced to America at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago – just two weeks after Kamala Harris selected her husband, Gov. Tim Walz, to be her running mate.
Alsobrooks addresses Democrats in Chicago as she seeks to become Maryland’s first Black senator
Aug 21, 2024
Kamala Harris isn’t the only Black woman trying to make history this year. Angela Alsobrooks, who delivered a keynote address in Chicago on Tuesday night, is trying to become the first Black person Maryland sends to the US Senate.
Why fewer women (and men) are running for Congress this year
Aug 11, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris is making history as the second woman to lead a major-party presidential ticket. But down the ballot, fewer women are running for office.
Tammy Baldwin looks to maintain edge over top of the ticket in battleground Wisconsin
Jul 28, 2024
When Kamala Harris held her first campaign rally as the presumptive Democratic nominee last week, one of the most vulnerable senators in the country was on hand to welcome her.
How the Harris 2024 shake-up could affect House and Senate races
Jul 27, 2024
Democrats’ substitution of Vice President Kamala Harris for President Joe Biden on ballot in November obviously resets the presidential race. It could also have a major impact on House and Senate races.
The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024
Jul 26, 2024
Democrats faced a challenging path to holding their Senate majority before President Joe Biden stepped aside from the 2024 campaign — and they likely still do with Kamala Harris as the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Republican Senate candidates take the spotlight at Milwaukee convention as GOP eyes expanded map
Jul 17, 2024
The excitement at the Republican National Convention isn’t just about Donald Trump and his new running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance – it also extends to Senate candidates who the party believes can help deliver the former president a GOP majority on Capitol Hill.
About
Simone Pathe is the senior Washington editor for CNN Politics, which she joined in early 2020.
Pathe edits the daily news analysis pieces that capture the biggest stories of the day, as well as enterprise and campaign stories for CNN Politics. She writes CNN’s regular rankings of the 10 Senate seats most likely to flip and contributes other campaign stories, mostly recently reporting from Georgia and Missouri.
Prior to joining CNN, Pathe was a senior political reporter at Roll Call, where she covered US Senate and House races around the country. Before that, she was a reporter/producer for the PBS NewsHour, where she edited the economics blog. She got her first taste of covering campaigns at The Hotline during the 2012 election.
Pathe graduated from Bates College with degrees in politics and French. She studied abroad in Paris at the Sorbonne and in Rwanda.
Originally from New Jersey, Pathe lives and works in Washington, DC.
