Simone Pathe

I'm very happy to share that @sfpathe is joining @CNNPolitics as a Washington editor. We are all so excited to have you on the team!

Matt Mahan and Tony Thurmond were the first two CA gubernatorial candidates calling on Swalwell to drop out after the @sfchronicle story. As the rumors swirled, all of the Dem campaigns were waiting for what is a massive shakeup of a race that had felt frozen until Trump’s endorsement of Hilton this week.

This year's only toss-up governors race will test the endurance of ticket-splitting in a state that’s more prone to it than most #nhgov cnn.com/2024/09/29/pol…

Gwen Walz and Tim Walz are known as a team. But Minnesota’s first lady has been a powerful force in her own right. cnnpolitics.com/2024/08/21/pol…