CNN nationwide correspondent Kristen Holmes has welcomed her second child after a troublesome yr protecting the 2024 presidential election.

Holmes gave delivery to her daughter, Eleanor Ricky Grey, on Tuesday night time in Washington DC.

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That is Holmes’ second child together with her husband Noah Grey, who’s the chief of communications for DC Hearth and EMS.

The mother stated she’s had a “grueling” and “exhausting” final yr balancing her profession, being pregnant, and elevating her three-year-old son Eliot, in accordance with Folks.

Nonetheless, Holmes stated it has been “one of the rewarding.”

“Seeing a marketing campaign by way of from begin to end was one in every of my final profession objectives,” she defined.

“Nevertheless it was additionally extremely vital to me to develop my household and provides Eliot a sibling, so I got down to do each.

“It was a variety of compartmentalization.”

Holmes coated Republican 2024 presidential hopefuls, that means she spent a variety of hours protecting Donald Trump’s marketing campaign path.

She informed Folks she was in a brand new state almost every single day over the previous yr.

The journalist stated she would get up at 4 am, typically dealing with morning illness, earlier than getting on a flight at 6 am to cowl a marketing campaign rally earlier than doing all of it once more the following day.

Holmes shared her gratefulness for her husband within the assertion.

“All of this was solely potential with the assistance and assist of my extremely affected person husband and I am continually reminded how fortunate I’m to have the ability to pursue my profession ambitions, in addition to my desires of constructing a household,” she stated.

Eleanor Ricky is called after Holmes’ maternal grandmother and her husband’s dad, the household revealed.

“Our son Eliot, 3, is already in love together with his new child sister and may’t wait to maintain her,” Holmes stated.

“Eliot assembly Eleanor was one of many sweetest encounters my husband and I’ve ever witnessed.

“He wished to cowl her in kisses and ensure she has all the pieces she wanted.”

Seeing a marketing campaign by way of from begin to end was one in every of my final profession objectives, however it was additionally extremely vital to me to develop my household and provides Eliot a sibling, so I got down to do each. It was a variety of compartmentalization.”

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Holmes has labored for CNN for over 12 years.

The Oklahoma native and her husband have been married in September 2019, in accordance with their marriage ceremony announcement within the New York Instances.

The pair each labored for CNN at one time as Holmes labored as an on-air correspondent whereas Grey was a White Home and political producer.

They first met in 2015 over the cellphone when Holmes labored as an on-air producer on the White Home and Grey, a reserving producer, known as her about breaking information.

They met in particular person a yr later whereas they have been each protecting the Trump marketing campaign.

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