Candy Crowley: 10 Things To Know About The Presidential Debate Moderator

10 Things To Know About Candy Crowley
NEW YORK - JUNE 03: CNN correspondent Candy Crowley speaks on stage during the 34th Annual AWRT Gracie Awards Gala at The New York Marriott Marquis on June 3, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for AWRT)
NEW YORK - JUNE 03: CNN correspondent Candy Crowley speaks on stage during the 34th Annual AWRT Gracie Awards Gala at The New York Marriott Marquis on June 3, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for AWRT)

When Candy Crowley takes the stage October 16 to moderate a presidential debate, she will be the first woman in over 20 years to do so. Crowley, a political correspondant at CNN and host of the cable news network's Sunday morning talk show "State of the Union," is already attracting criticism from both political campaigns for her stated intent to take a more active role in the town hall-style debate than the moderator traditionally does. Before she steps into the spotlight with the candidates and we get to know her as a moderator, here are some facts about Crowley's life and career up to this point, from her passion for meditation to the incredible scope of her political reporting experience.

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