Symone Sanders-Townsend Biography
Symone Sanders-Townsend is an American political Strategist working for MSNBC as a political commentator. She joined the MSNBC news team in January 2022, after previously working for The White House.
Symone Sanders-Townsend Career
Sanders worked in the communications office of former Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle. In 2014, she was the deputy communications director for Chuck Hassebrook’s campaign for governor as a Democrat. While Sanders was running for president in 2016, he hired Sanders as his national press secretary in August 2015. CNN named Sanders in December as one of 30 women under 30 who would have a big impact on the 2016 race.
She left the Sanders team in June 2016. Later that same year, she became an expert and commentator for CNN. Rolling Stone magazine named her one of 16 young Americans shaping the 2016 election. After that, she joined the campaign for president of former Vice President Joe Biden. Moreover, in 2020, she wrote a book called No, You Shut Up, which was a memoir about how she learned to speak out to win ideological wars.
Sanders was made Vice President Kamala Harris’s top spokesperson and senior advisor on November 29, 2020. Symone Sanders said she was leaving her job on December 1, 2021. Soon after, MSNBC said she would be hosting a weekend show for the network as well as a show on Peacock’s The Choice. Symone, a new show on MSNBC, started on May 7, 2022.
438,000 people watched the show on November 19, 2023, making it the 24th most-watched show on MSNBC and the 292nd most-watched show on all of TV. However, MSNBC stated on November 30, 2023, that Sanders would be moving to weekend mornings to co-host a new show called “The Weekend” with Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele. Moreover, she had a weekend show on MSNBC and Peacock called Symone. It stopped on January 7, 2024, and The Weekend started on the same day. On MSNBC, she works alongside Ari Melber, Jen Psaki, Katie Phang, Ali Velshi, Michael Steele, Alex Witt, and Joe Scarborough.
She went to Catholic school at Sacred Heart. Sanders wanted to have her TV show when she was a child. She used to walk around the house pretending to be a TV host named Donna Burns. Furthermore, her first job was at a Black-owned restaurant in Omaha called Time Out Foods. In 2007, she finished high school. Moreover, Sanders got her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Creighton University. She learned she didn’t want to be a lawyer while she was an intern at a law company in college.
Symone Sanders-Townsend Salary
Sanders earns a salary of about $57,000-$150,000.
Symone Sanders-Townsend Net Worth
Sanders has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which she has earned through her career as a political Strategist.
Symone Sanders-Townsend Age
Sanders was born on December 10, 1989, in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. She is 43 years old as of 2023, and she celebrates her birthday on the 10th of December every year.
Symone Sanders-Townsend Height and Weight
Witt stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall (1.70m) and weighs 85kgs (187 lbs)
Symone Sanders-Townsend Family
Sanders was born in Omaha, Nebraska, United States to Daniel Sanders (father), a retired US Army Corps of Engineers, and Terri Sanders (mother), former publisher of the Omaha Star and former executive director for the Great Plains Black History Museum. She has not disclosed whether she has any siblings. However, this information will be updated when available.
Symone Sanders-Townsend Husband and Children
Sanders is married to Shawn Townsend, Washington D.C.’s former “Night Mayor”. Moreover, the couple tied the knot on July 15, 2022, after a year of engagement.
Symone Sanders-Townsend Weight Loss
Sanders has not talked so much about her weight loss but she stated on her Twitter account that she was 150 kgs since 2008. But now she seems she has lost a lot of weight. However, more information about her weight loss will be updated when available.
Symone Sanders-Townsend Wedding
Sanders and Shawn wedded in a surprise wedding ceremony in D.C. attended by only 100 people. The ceremony was held at the historic Larz Anderson House on Embassy Row. They were joined together by Pastor Dededrick O. Rivers of Ward Memorial AME Church. The coule then jumped the broom to seal the union, a common tradition at Black weddings. Moreover, people from the media and politics who work with Sanders, like CNN’s Abby Phillip and MSNBC’s Catherine Snyder, who hosts her show Symone, were seen at the party.
Symone Sanders-Townsend Social Media Platforms
Sander is very active on her Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. She has 412.8k followers on Twitter 197.8k followers on Instagram, and 3.3k followers on Facebook.