White House Staffer's Death: Wife Gives Birth Months After Bike Wreck

PHOTO of Mary Katharine Ham, Jake Brewer and their first child, from GoFundMe page.

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FOX News pundit Mary Katharine Ham gave birth on Saturday to a baby girl she named for her late husband, White House technology adviser Jake Brewer. Brewer died in September in a crash during a charity bike race.

Their relationship was a Washington romance not dissimilar to that of liberal spinmeister James Carville and conservative Mary Matalin.

Ham, editor of HotAir.com, is a conservative pundit and regular on Fox News. Brewer worked for the Obama administration as a senior policy advisor in the Office of The Chief Technology Officer. They didn’t let opposing viewpoints get in the way.

This past weekend, Ham announced the birth of their second child, Garnet J. Brewer, saying: “Her middle initial is for her dad, Jake. Her first name comes from a memorable hike Jake & I did above Garnet Canyon in WY when I was 7 mos pregnant w our first. I feel confident he’d love the name and is proud of all us girls today.”

Brewer, 34, a White House staffer from Alexandria, died during a charity bicycle ride in Howard County, Md. His bicycle went out of control at a sharp curve, crossed the double yellow lines and collided with an oncoming vehicle in the Mount Airy area, according to Howard County police.

More than 5,000 supporters donated more than $400,000 to the family in a GoFundMe campaign after Brewer’s death.