1. Bill Press was chairman of the California Democratic Party from 1993 to 1996, and is a senior political contributor on CNN.
12 Facts About Bill Press
1. 2.
Bill Press is a longtime resident of Inverness, California, having moved there in 1970.
3.
Bill Press started his broadcasting career in Los Angeles for TV stations KABC-TV and KCOP-TV.
4.
Bill Press has worked as a political commentator for CNN and MSNBC.
5.
Bill Press is best known for co-hosting CNN's Spin Room opposite Tucker Carlson, and Crossfire and MSNBC's Buchanan and Press.
6.
Since May 2005, Bill Press has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.
7.
In January 2012, Bill Press filled in for Keith Olbermann on Current TV's coverage of the 2012 Florida Republican primary.
8.
Bill Press was the chairman of the California Democratic Party from 1993 to 1996.
9.
Bill Press previously served in different appointed positions such as a chief of staff to Republican California state senator Peter Behr, and as director of the California Office of Planning and Research under Democratic governor Jerry Brown.
10.
Bill Press was an early backer of Bernie Sanders for president in 2016, hosting Sanders and his advisors for strategy sessions at his home before the campaign began.
11.
Bill Press was an altar boy and took vows of obedience, poverty and chastity.
12.
Bill Press describes his young self as a "soldier in God's army".