Rachael Bade is an American Journalist based in Washington, D.C. Rachael Bade is a reporter at Politico and Political analyst at CNN.

Rachael Bade attended the University of Dayton where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and journalism.

Rachael Bade joined POLITICO in September 2012 as a tax reporter, covering the Internal Revenue Service Tea Party targeting scandal and Hill efforts to reform the tax code before moving to the Congress team in early 2015. Prior to Politico, Rachael Bade covered congressional committees for CQ, wrote Hill features for Roll Call and contributed to The Washington Diplomat.