FACE THE NATION Executive Producer Mary Hager will oversee the production of CBS News’ multiplatform coverage of this year’s midterm election night, it was announced today by David Rhodes, President of CBS News.

Hager will begin working on the coverage plans immediately while also continuing to lead FACE THE NATION. She will serve as CBS News executive producer for midterm election coverage, working closely with Christopher Isham, Vice President, Washington Bureau Chief; CBS News Political Director Caitlin Conant; and the entire political team.

“With Mary Hager executive producing the coverage, we have someone with an experienced political eye dedicated to CBS News’ programming leading up to and including Election Day,” said Rhodes. “Mary is one of the top political producers in the business and, working with those covering politics day-to-day, will ensure that our election night reporting continues to be insightful, accurate and timely.”

“As someone who has covered the last 13 midterm and presidential election nights from either the field or the studio working with our CBS News anchors and correspondents, I'm honored to put that experience to use in what is shaping up to be a crucial night in American politics,” said Hager. “With control of the House and Senate at stake, I look forward to working with the CBS team to provide comprehensive coverage of such a crucial midterm election.”

Programming specifics for the midterm elections leading up to Election Day on Nov. 6 will be released in the future.

Hager brings to the position more than 25 years of political reporting. Before becoming the executive producer of FACE THE NATION, Hager was the broadcast’s senior producer. She also served as then CBS News chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer’s producer for 15 years, covering presidential campaigns, conventions and election nights. She began her career at CBS News in 1991 as a researcher for the political unit. She moved to Capitol Hill to work with Schieffer as a Senate producer in 1993.

Hager moved to the Atlanta Bureau in 1999. Then in 2001, she returned to Washington as a producer on the CBS EVENING NEWS, where she spent eight years covering Congress, politics, the 2004 John Kerry campaign and the George W. Bush White House.

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