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Meghan McCain

Meghan Marguerite McCain (born October 23, 1984) is an American television personality, columnist, and author. She has worked for ABC News, Fox News, and MSNBC. She is the daughter of politician John McCain and diplomat Cindy McCain. McCain has been a public figure for much of her life, first appearing at the 1996 Republican National Convention. McCain received media attention in her own right in 2007 for her blog, McCain Blogette. On the blog, she documented life during the John McCain 2008 presidential campaign. In 2009, she became a contributing writer for The Daily Beast. From 2016 to 2017, she co-hosted the daytime talk show Outnumbered. She joined the daytime talk show The View shortly thereafter, co-hosting it until 2021. McCain became a columnist for the Daily Mail website following her departure from The View.

Infobox

Born
Meghan Marguerite McCain (1984-10-23) October 23, 1984 (age 41)Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Education
Columbia University (BA)
Occupations
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Political party
mw- Republican (2008–present)Independent (before 2008)
Spouse
mw- Ben Domenech (m. 2017)
Children
2
Parents
John McCain (father)Cindy McCain (mother)
Relatives
McCain family

Tables

· Awards and nominations
2014
GLAAD Media Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Talk Show Episode
Notes
Raising McCain
2018
Daytime Emmy Award
Role(s)
Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host(with Joy Behar, Jedediah Bila, Paula Faris, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin)
Notes
The View
2019
Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host(with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin and Abby Huntsman)
Role(s)
Nominated
2020
Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host(with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Abby Huntsman and Ana Navarro)
Role(s)
Nominated
2022
Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host(with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro)
Role(s)
Nominated
Year
Award
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2014
GLAAD Media Award
Outstanding Talk Show Episode
Raising McCain
Nominated
2018
Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host(with Joy Behar, Jedediah Bila, Paula Faris, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin)
The View
Nominated
2019
Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host(with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin and Abby Huntsman)
Nominated
2020
Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host(with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Abby Huntsman and Ana Navarro)
Nominated
2022
Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host(with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro)
Nominated
· External links
Preceded byJedediah BilaCandace Cameron BureRaven-Symoné
Preceded byJedediah BilaCandace Cameron BureRaven-Symoné
Media offices
Preceded byJedediah BilaCandace Cameron BureRaven-Symoné
Media offices
The View co-host 2017–2021
Media offices
Succeeded byAlyssa Farah Griffin
Media offices
Preceded byJedediah BilaCandace Cameron BureRaven-Symoné
The View co-host 2017–2021
Succeeded byAlyssa Farah Griffin

References

  1. McCain Blogette
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080822074109/http://mccainblogette.com/archive/june_9_12.shtml
  2. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-meghanmccain23feb23-story.html
  3. People
    http://people.com/politics/john-mccain-the-view-daughter-meghan-brain-cancer-boyfriend/
  4. Salon
    http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/18/meghan_mccain/
  5. The Arizona Republic
    https://www.azcentral.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/arizona/2018/08/26/john-mccain-death-daughter-meghan-mccain/1105627002/
  6. Columbia Magazine
    https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/mcblogger
  7. GQ
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080403153628/http://men.style.com/gq/blogs/gqeditors/2008/03/caps-font-var-1.html
  8. MinnPost
    https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2008/11/mccain-blogette-shows-family-life-political-dad/
  9. CBS News
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meghan-mccains-blogette/
  10. Massachusetts Daily Collegian
    https://dailycollegian.com/2010/10/mccain-shows-readers-the-darker-side-of-politics/
  11. The Daily Beast
    https://www.thedailybeast.com/meghan-mccain-is-shopping-a-book-about-her-father
  12. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/fashion/12McCain.html
  13. Business Insider
    https://www.businessinsider.com/john-meghan-mccain-embarrassed-daughters-tantrums-campaign-manager-2022-5
  14. HuffPost Contributor platform
    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fbomb-confidential-meghan_b_845870
  15. "McCainBlogette.com"
    http://www.mccainblogette.com/
  16. The Daily Beast
    http://www.thedailybeast.com/author/meghan-mccain/
  17. The Daily Beast
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120204092023/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/03/09/my-beef-with-ann-coulter.html
  18. "Laura Ingraham mocks Meghan McCain as being 'plus-sized.'"
    http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/12/ingraham-meghan-mccain/
  19. "Quit Talking About My Weight, Laura Ingraham"
    http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-14/the-politics-of-size/
  20. Politico
    https://www.politico.com/story/2009/04/crashing-the-republican-party-021108
  21. "Meghan McCain warns of looming civil war in the GOP"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121007060857/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/19/meghan-mccain-warns-of-looming-civil-war-in-the-gop/?fbid=UcdGqyhtkod
  22. Tucson Weekly
    http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2009/04/20/meghan-mccain-has-that-maverick-gene
  23. The Rachel Maddow Show
    https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29660494
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    https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/24/AR2009032402465_2.html
  25. "Limbaugh to Specter: Please take McCain with you"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090502215442/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/29/limbaugh-to-specter-please-take-mccain-with-you-2/
  26. "Meghan McCain takes aim at GOP, Bristol Palin's abstinence tour"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090521184319/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/19/meghan-mccain-takes-aim-at-gop-bristol-palins-abstinence-tour/
  27. The New Republic
    http://www.tnr.com/blog/the-plank/meghan-mccain-quotjoe-the-plumber-you-can-quote-me-dumbassquot
  28. The Advocate
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100209004029/http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/02/06/Meghan_McCain_on_Moms_NoH8_Pic/
  29. Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
    https://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=35&prgDate=9-4-2010
  30. McCain, Dirty Sexy Politics, p. 5.
  31. McCain, Dirty Sexy Politics, p. 7.
  32. Victor Stepien, "The Brashness of Youth", Out & About Newspaper, December 3, 2010.
    http://www.outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/4387
  33. "Meghan McCain's Dirty, Sexy Politics"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20111123123954/http://newledger.com/2010/09/review-meghan-mccains-dirty-sexy-politics/
  34. Philadelphia Daily News
    http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/cityhall/Meghan_McCain_Takes_Heat_For_Vegas_Vs_Juniata_College.html
  35. looktothestars.org
    https://www.looktothestars.org/news/6314-meghan-mccain-and-friends-strip-for-skin-cancer
  36. HuffPost
    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/meghan-mccain-naked-psa_n_860865
  37. PLAYBOY
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120316110713/http://www.playboy.com/magazine
  38. PLAYBOY
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120322094045/http://www.playboy.com/magazine/20q-meghan-mccain?cm_sp=WEBMA-_-MOREP01-_-20q-meghan-mccain
  39. New York Daily News
    https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/meghan-mccain-poses-clothed-playboy-tells-magazine-love-sex-article-1.1040901
  40. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-meghan-mccain-idUSBRE82F1BG20120316
  41. CNN
    https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/05/30/meghan-mccain-uss-mccain-response-trump-vpx.cnn
  42. San Francisco Chronicle
    https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Talking-about-death-and-dying-doesn-t-have-to-14879904.php
  43. "Former 'The View' co-host Meghan McCain joins the Daily Mail as a columnist"
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/co-host-view-meghan-mccain-daily-mail-columnist
  44. Washington Examiner
    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/meghan-mccains-bad-republican-book-flops-too
  45. www.prnewswire.com
    https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/meghan-mccain-launches-citizen-cain-productions-unveils-vision-for-empowering-female-leadership-and-celebrating-american-stories-commencing-with-podcast-meghan-mccain-has-entered-the-chat-301955617.html
  46. Politico
    https://www.politico.com/story/2012/05/meghan-mccain-dishes-in-new-book-076816
  47. "Chelsea Clinton and Meghan McCain Join NBC News: Do Political Kids Make Good Journalists?"
    http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/11/29/chelsea-clinton-and-meaghan-mccain-join-nbc-do-political-kids-make-good/?google_editors_picks=true
  48. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/business/media/pivot-tv-pitches-to-young-viewers.html?_r=0
  49. "Pivot Ending 'Raising McCain,' 'Jersey Strong' (Exclusive)"
    https://www.thewrap.com/pivot-ending-raising-mccain-jersey-strong-exclusive/
  50. San Francisco Chronicle
    http://www.sfgate.com/tv/article/Meghan-McCain-eager-to-co-host-news-talk-on-Take-5469912.php
  51. "'TakePart Live' Gets Axed by Pivot"
    https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/takepart-live-gets-axed-by-pivot/
  52. Variety
    https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/meghan-mccain-fox-news-outnumbered-1201917411/
  53. Variety
    https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/meghan-mccain-the-view-co-host-1202574578/
  54. Variety
    https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/meghan-mccain-the-view-abc-news-1202584210/
  55. "Meghan McCain joins 'The View' as new co-host"
    https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/meghan-mccain-joins-view-host/story?id=50367687
  56. "Meghan McCain joins 'The View' as new co-host"
    https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/meghan-mccain-joins-view-host/story?id=50367687
  57. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/10/09/meghan-mccain-joins-abcs-the-view-as-a-co-host/
  58. Vanity Fair
    https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/07/report-meghan-mccain-will-announce-her-exit-from-the-view-today
  59. Forbes
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2021/07/01/meghan-mccain-exits-abcs-the-view/
  60. Podbay
    https://podbay.fm/p/citizen-mccain-with-meghan-mccain
  61. unt-meghan-mccain.simplecast.com
    https://unt-meghan-mccain.simplecast.com/
  62. The Daily Beast
    https://www.thedailybeast.com/meghan-mccain-uses-usha-vance-interview-to-reveal-pregnancy/
  63. The Daily Beast
    https://www.thedailybeast.com/memo-to-the-gop-go-gay
  64. Salon
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110715234245/http://mobile.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/05/19/meghan_mccain_colbert/index.html
  65. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/01/AR2010090103891.html
  66. National Ledger
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100501135555/http://www.nationalledger.com/ledgerdc/article_272631520.shtml
  67. "Meghan McCain: "I Just Don't Understand" Economy"
    http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/us_world/Meghan-McCain-I-Just-Dont-Understand-Economy.html
  68. The Daily Beast
    http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-19/why-i-posed-against-prop-8/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsR2
  69. PolitiFact
    https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2010/feb/04/john-mccain/mccain-flips-dont-ask-dont-tell/
  70. "The Voice' runner-up Meghan Linsey announced as performer at Concert for Love and Acceptance Archived June 17, 2018, at
    https://www.glaad.org/blog/voice-runner-meghan-linsey-announced-performer-concert-love-and-acceptance
  71. The Hill
    https://thehill.com/homenews/media/438288-meghan-mccain-rips-trump-transgender-military-ban-days-before-its-implemented/
  72. The Hill
    https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/304246-meghan-mccain-votes-for-mcmullin/
  73. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/america-was-always-great-meghan-mccain-rebukes-trump/2018/09/01/d39df262-adec-11e8-a8d7-0f63ab8b1370_story.html
  74. GQ
    https://www.gq.com/story/meghan-mccain-ilhan-omar-nonsense
  75. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/05/08/meghan-mccain-seth-meyers-sparred-over-rep-ilhan-omar-then-mccains-husband-weighed/
  76. Vanity Fair
    https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/05/meghan-mccain-ilhan-omar-anti-semitism-seth-meyers
  77. Vanity Fair
    https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/07/meghan-mccain-donald-trump-ilhan-omar
  78. Newsweek
    https://www.newsweek.com/megan-mccain-riots-terrorist-trump-1560619
  79. People
    https://people.com/politics/meghan-mccain-trump-capitol-riots-invoke-25th-amendment/
  80. People
    http://people.com/tv/meghan-mccain-and-ben-domenech-are-married/
  81. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/opinion/meghan-mccain-miscarriage.html
  82. The Spectator World
    https://thespectator.com/topic/tulsi-gabbard-will-bring-sunlight-to-a-rotten-system/?fbclid=PAY2xjawIF_UVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpihwAY62ZYv1OtwbPjC3r1rGgT29EWSdV1OMyqMpCTYkyh7GuyfvsBuE0w_aem_nUL2yhaQ-mm3VeJLHfZoRw
  83. "Meghan McCain of 'The View' gives birth to baby girl"
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/meghan-mccain-view-birth-baby-girl/story?id=73151894
  84. "Meghan McCain and Husband Ben Domenech Welcome Second Baby Girl, Daughter Clover Jade"
    https://people.com/parents/meghan-mccain-husband-ben-domenech-welcome-second-baby-girl
  85. Andaloro, Angela Meghan Mccain Second Daughter Clover Is Here, "People Magazine, January 20, 2023
    https://people.com/parents/meghan-mccain-husband-ben-domenech-welcome-second-baby-girl
  86. James, Emma. Meghan McCain gives birth to a daughter, London Daily Mail, January 20, 2023
    https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/nation_and_world/entertainment/meghan-mccain-gives-birth-to-a-daughter/article_8b07daa9-067d-5666-9970-974fce332991.html
  87. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-06-24/meghan-mccain-pregnant-usha-vance-interview
  88. "Meghan McCain on #glaadawards nomination: 'This is hands down one of the great honors of my career'"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180525062423/https://www.glaad.org/blog/meghan-mccain-glaadawards-nomination-hands-down-one-great-honors-my-career
  89. "2017 Daytime Emmy Nominations: CBS Leads Networks With 70 Noms, 'Young & Restless' Tops With 25"
    https://deadline.com/2017/03/daytime-emmy-award-nominations-general-hospital-days-of-our-lives-1202048743/
  90. "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Nominations for the 46th Annual Emmy® Awards"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20210827071222/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/daytime-46th-nominations-release-with-credits-v03.pdf
  91. The Hollywood Reporter
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/daytime-emmy-awards-2020-full-list-nominees-1289414/item/outstanding-drama-series-1289415
  92. Variety
    https://variety.com/2022/tv/awards/daytime-emmys-2022-winners-list-1235303165/
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