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Tara Setmayer Parents: Mother Jacquelyn Setmayor, Father Name – Ethnicity

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Christopher Ramos

Published Jan 04, 2026

Former political commentator Tara Setmayer was raised by her single mother Jacquelyn Setamayer. She has not revealed her father’s name yet?  Let’s find out more about her below!

Tara Setmayer is an American political commentator.

She formerly worked as GOP Communications Director on Capitol Hill and political commentator in CNN. She 

Additionally, she has appeared on ABC’s The View, ABC’s Good Morning America, and on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher.

On January 9, 2020, she was named as a Harvard Institute of Politics Spring 2020 Resident Fellow. Likewise in January 2020, she joined The Lincoln Project as a senior advisor. Further, she also hosted the live show “The Breakdown” alongside co-founder Rick Wilson, on the organization’s streaming channel, LPTV.

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Tara Setmayer Parents: Mother Jacquelyn Setamayer, Father

Tara Setmayer was born to her parents in 1975 in Queens, New York. 

She was raised in Paramus, New Jersey by her mother Jacquelyn Setmayer who is half Italian and half German. Meanwhile, her father’s name remains unknown. Also, there is no further information about her father except for the fact that he is originally from Guatemala. Jacquelyn is a single mother and she had lived in Paramus for ages. 

Similarly, she completed her high school at Paramus High School in Bergen Country, New Jersey. She graduated in 1993. She then attended George Washington University in Washington D.C where she majored in political science with a focus on public policy and journalism. 

Also, a biracial Setmayer is rather identified as a woman of color than an African American. 

Furthermore, her maternal grandfather Emil Setmayer was an officer of the Paramus Police Department prior to his retirement. 

Tara Setamayer Family & Ethnicity Explored

Tara Setamayer’s family consists of her mother Jacquelyn and her husband, Marcelle Love. 

Regarding her ethnicity, she is of mixed heritage; her mother is of German and Italian descent and her father is of Afro-Guatemalan descent. 

Moreover, Tara and Marcello tied the knot on September 4, 2013, in a private ceremony at Castello di Caccamo, in the coastal Italian city of Sicily.

Just like her dad, there is little information about her husband Marcelle on the internet. Meanwhile, her husband is a law enforcement agent.

Further, judging from her Instagram account, it appears that she loves spending time with her family whenever possible.