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Michelle Caruso-Cabrera
Caruso-Cabrera on assignment for CNBC in Havana, Cuba (2014)
Born (1967-02-09) February 9, 1967 (age 57)
Dayton, Ohio, US
Alma materWellesley College (BS)
Occupation(s)Journalist, TV personality, blogger, politician, author
Political partyDemocratic (current)
Republican (former)
Spouses
  • Stephen Dizard
Paulo Lima
​
(divorced)​
AwardsBest Broadcaster (2004)
Websitemichellecc2020.com

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera (born February 9, 1969)[citation needed] is an American politician[2] and journalist. She was a regular CNBC contributor for more than two decades,[3][4][5][6] including as co-host of Power Lunch and Worldwide Exchange. She is currently competing in the Democratic primary for the 2021 New York City Comptroller election.

A longtime member of the Republican Party, Caruso-Cabrera switched from the Republican Party which she was a registered member of through 2015,[7][8] and registered as a Democrat in 2016.[9] She moved to Queens in 2019[10] to challenge incumbent Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the 2020 Democratic primary[11][12] for New York's 14th congressional district, which covers portions of the Bronx and Queens. She received support from the Chamber of Commerce for her candidacy,[13] but was defeated in the primary after receiving 18.2% of the vote and coming in second, and came in last in the general election with 1.0% of the vote.

Early life and education

Caruso-Cabrera was born in Dayton, Ohio and raised in Nashua, New Hampshire.[14][15] Her grandparents were Italian and Cuban immigrants.[16][17] She graduated from Nashua High School in 1987.[18] She attended Wellesley College ('91) in Massachusetts, paying her tuition in part with the help of a National Merit Scholarship and her earnings from her first summer job as a waitress at Pizza Hut. She obtained a bachelor's degree in Economics.[19][20] Prior to graduation, she was elected editor of the college newspaper, and starting in 1991 she worked as a stringer for The New York Times, reporting for the education section.[21]

Career

Caruso-Cabrera was a researcher and later a special projects producer for Univision, where she was a producer on a team that won an Emmy Award for a five-part series on children with AIDS.[22] She also received a Broadcaster of the Year (2004) award from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.[23] She then worked as a reporter for WTSP in St. Petersburg, Florida.[citation needed]

She joined CNBC in 1998. She co-anchored Power Lunch with Bill Griffeth from 2002 to 2003. Caruso-Cabrera began appearing regularly on Power Lunch in 2009 in an analyst capacity.[citation needed] She was promoted to co-presenter of Power Lunch in 2009, and remained in that position until 2013.[citation needed] She rejoined Power Lunch for her third stint as co-presenter in 2016. She co-hosted Power Lunch and the Worldwide Exchange program (along with Christine Tan in Asia and Ross Westgate in Europe).[citation needed] She was a regular CNBC contributor for two decades.[6][citation needed] She left CNBC in 2018 to join the Board of Directors of a Texas financial firm,[24] stating that Milton Friedman is her idol.[6]

Book

She wrote a book in 2010 entitled You Know I'm Right: More Prosperity, Less Government, which called for the elimination of both Social Security and Medicare which she characterized as "pyramid schemes", among numerous other conservative positions.[25][1] She also said she wanted to abolish the federal United States Department of Commerce, United States Department of Education, United States Department of Energy, and United States Department of Labor, as well as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.[25] She also urged that insider trading be made legal.[25] The book has a foreword by Larry Kudlow, former President Donald Trump's National Economic Council director.[26][27]

Political career

A registered member of the Republican Party through 2015, Caruso-Cabrera switched and registered as a Democrat in 2016.[7][8][9]

2020 House campaign

Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New York § District 14

Caruso-Cabrera filed official paperwork on February 10, 2020,[28][29] challenging freshman Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the Democratic primary for New York's 14th congressional district, which covers portions of The Bronx and Queens.[30] Caruso-Cabrera was endorsed by the United States Chamber of Commerce[31] and other business advocacy groups. On April 8, 2020, it was reported that Caruso-Cabrera's campaign had raised $1 million,[32] and that over four dozen finance industry professionals, including private equity executives and investment bankers, had made early donations to Caruso-Cabrera.[33] She received 11,337 votes, 18.2% of the vote, finishing in second place.[34]

Caruso-Cabrera reorganized to run in the general election on the ticket of the Serve America Movement.[35] She polled 2,000 votes, or 1.0%, finishing in last place.

2021 NYC Comptroller campaign

Caruso-Cabrera is running for election in the 2021 New York City Comptroller race.[36][37][38] She is running in the Democratic primary against among others NY State Senator Brian Benjamin, NYC Council member Brad Lander, entrepreneur and former US Marine Zach Iscol, NY State Senator Kevin Parker, and NYS Assemblymember David Weprin.[39][40]

Personal life

As of 2007 she was married to Paulo Lima, and lived in Northern New Jersey.[41] Caruso-Cabrera is now married to second husband Stephen Dizard, an investment banker and Republican Party donor who as of 2020 had donated over $400,000 to Republicans.[42][43] The pair married in 2014.[42] After living for several years in Trump International Hotel and Tower at Columbus Circle in Manhattan, in 2019 she moved with her husband to Sunnyside, Queens.[44][42]

Electoral history

2020 New York's 14th congressional district Democratic primary[45]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (incumbent) 46,577 74.6
Democratic Michelle Caruso-Cabrera 11,337 18.2
Democratic Badrun Khan 3,119 5.0
Democratic Sam Sloan 1,406 2.3
Total votes 62,439 100.0
2020 New York's 14th congressional district general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (incumbent) 152,661 71.6
Republican John Cummings 52,477 24.6
Conservative John Cummings 5,963 2.8
Total John Cummings 58,440 27.4
SAM Michelle Caruso-Cabrera 2,000 1.0
Total votes 213,101 100.0
Democratic hold

See also

References

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  2. ^ Rivas, Mekita (March 12, 2020). "Why I Ran For the First Time: Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Is a Jobs-First Candidate". Shondaland. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  3. ^ Steinberg, Brian; Steinberg, Brian (February 11, 2020). "CNBC Veteran Caruso-Cabrera to Vie With Ocasio-Cortez for New York Office".
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  5. ^ "CNBC Anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera To Run Against AOC In Primary". Astoria-Long Island City, NY Patch. February 11, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c CNBC says goodbye and good luck to Michelle Caruso-Cabrera on YouTube
  7. ^ a b "Subscribe to read | Financial Times". www.ft.com. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  8. ^ a b EDT, David Brennan On 6/21/20 at 7:42 AM (June 21, 2020). "AOC calls out Wall Street CEOs trying to unseat her in upcoming primary". Newsweek.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  10. ^ Relman, Eliza. "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Wall Street-backed Democratic challenger lived in a Trump property for years before moving to Queens in late 2019". Yahoo! News. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  11. ^ Caruso-Cabrera, Michelle (April 19, 2020). "Opinion | Why I'm Running Against AOC" – via www.wsj.com.
  12. ^ "Michelle Caruso-Cabrera". Ballotpedia.
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  14. ^ "I consider Nashua, NH my home town. I was born in Dayton, Ohio but only lived there until I was 6 months old". Twitter. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
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  20. ^ "Michelle Caruso-Cabrera; Anchor, CNBC". AS/COA. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  21. ^ "Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Profile". CNBC. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  22. ^ "MICHELLE CARUSO-CABRERA: CNBC Anchor and Reporter". CNBC, Inc. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  23. ^ Joseph Torres and Michelle Vignoli (July 20, 2004). "NAHJ Announces the 2004 Winners of its ñ and Journalism Awards: Winners will be honored at Noche de Triunfos Gala Sept. 16 in Washington, D.C." The National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  24. ^ Javers, Mike Calia,Eamon (February 11, 2020). "Former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera will challenge Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in House Democratic primary". CNBC.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  25. ^ a b c Campanile, Carl (May 18, 2020). "AOC rival Michelle Caruso-Cabrera's book pushed GOP-friendly policies".
  26. ^ Caruso-Cabrera, Michelle (2010). You Know I'm Right: More Prosperity, Less Government. Threshold Editions. pp. 304. ISBN 978-1-4391-9322-8.
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  39. ^ Mays, Jeffery C. (January 27, 2021). "One Candidate Leaves Crowded Mayor's Race. One From 'Housewives' Joins". The New York Times.
  40. ^ Khurshid, Samar. "City Comptroller Candidates Seek to Set Themselves Apart at Brooklyn Democrats' Debate". Gotham Gazette.
  41. ^ Europe, CNBC (April 10, 2007). "CNBC Announces its First Daily Live Global Business Programme". CNBC.
  42. ^ a b c Campanile, Carl (June 17, 2020). "Husband of Dem challenger Michelle Caruso-Cabrera pumps money into anti-AOC super PAC".
  43. ^ "Stephen Dizard, Special Counselor at The Center for Financial Stability". www.centerforfinancialstability.org. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
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