Michelle Caruso-Cabrera

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera (born February 9, 1969) is an American politician[1] and journalist. She was a regular CNBC contributor for two decades,[2] including as co-host of Power Lunch and Worldwide Exchange.

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

A longtime member of the Republican Party, Caruso-Cabrera moved to Queens in 2019[3] to challenge incumbent Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the 2020 Democratic primary[4][5] for New York's 14th congressional district, which covers portions of The Bronx and Queens. She received support from the business community for her candidacy,[6] but was defeated in the primary after receiving 18.2% of votes.

Early life and education

Caruso-Cabrera was born in Dayton, Ohio and raised in Nashua, New Hampshire.[7][8] The granddaughter of working-class Italian and Cuban immigrants graduated second in her class from Nashua High School, where she was editor of school paper, “Panther Prints." She attended Wellesley College paying her tuition with the help of the National Merit Scholarship and the tips she collected from her first job as a waitress at Pizza Hut. She obtained a bachelor's degree in Economics[9][10] in 1991. Prior to graduation, she was elected editor of the college newspaper and worked as a stringer for The New York Times, reporting for the education section.[11]

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.[12] She also received a Broadcaster of the Year (2004) award from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.[13] She then worked as a reporter for WTSP in St. Petersburg, Florida.

She joined CNBC in 1998. She co-anchored Power Lunch with Bill Griffeth from 2002 to 2003. As part of CNBC's market coverage, Caruso-Cabrera began appearing regularly on Power Lunch in 2009 in an analyst capacity. She was promoted to co-presenter of Power Lunch in 2009, and remained in that position until 2013. 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). She was a regular CNBC contributor for two decades,[2] including as the chief international correspondent for eight years. She left CNBC in 2018 to join the Board of Directors of a Texas company, stating that Milton Friedman is her idol.[2]

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 that she characterised as "pyramid schemes", among numerous other conservative positions. The book has a foreword by Larry Kudlow, President Donald Trump's National Economic Council director.[14][15]

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,[16][17] 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.[18] Caruso-Cabrera was endorsed by the United States Chamber of Commerce[19] and other business advocacy groups. On April 8, 2020, it was reported that Caruso-Cabrera's campaign had raised $1 million,[20] and that over four dozen finance industry professionals, including private equity executives and investment bankers, had made early donations to Caruso-Cabrera.[21] She received 11,337 votes, finishing in second place.[22] Caruso-Cabrera reorganized to run in the general election on the ticket of the Serve America Movement.[23] She polled 2,000 votes, or 1.0%, finishing in last place.

Personal life

Caruso-Cabrera is married to Stephen Dizard, an investment banker.[24] The pair married in New York City in 2014.

Electoral history
2020 New York's 14th congressional district Democratic primary[25]
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
  1. Rivas, Mekita (2020-03-12). "Why I Ran For the First Time: Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Is a Jobs-First Candidate". Shondaland. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  2. CNBC says goodbye and good luck to Michelle Caruso-Cabrera on YouTube
  3. 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 31 January 2021.
  4. https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-im-running-against-aoc-11587317103
  5. https://ballotpedia.org/Michelle_Caruso-Cabrera
  6. ISENSTADT, ALEX, "Politico—"Chamber of Commerce backs Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former CNBC anchor."", 2020 Elections, Politico, retrieved 2020-04-08
  7. "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 2020-06-23.
  8. "CNBC's Ever Impressive Chief International Correspondent Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Is From Nashua, N.H." A Life of Granite in New Hampshire. 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  9. "Female GOP Candidates Make Strides In The Polls". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  10. "Michelle Caruso-Cabrera; Anchor, CNBC". AS/COA. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
  11. "Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Profile". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
  12. "MICHELLE CARUSO-CABRERA: CNBC Anchor and Reporter". CNBC, Inc. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  13. 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.
  14. Caruso-Cabrera, Michelle (2010). You Know I'm Right: More Prosperity, Less Government. Threshold Editions. pp. 304. ISBN 978-1-4391-9322-8.
  15. Fang, Lee (April 16, 2020). "Wall Street Titans Finance Democratic Primary Challenger to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez". The Intercept. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  16. "AOC to face pro-business challenger in June primary". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  17. Herald, The National. "Michelle Caruso-Cabrera Releases Video about Her Run for Congress". The National Herald. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  18. Swanson, Ian (2020-02-11). "CNBC anchor Caruso-Cabrera to challenge Ocasio-Cortez in primary". TheHill. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  19. Isenstadt, Alex. "Chamber of Commerce backs AOC's primary challenger". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  20. Campanile, Carl (2020-04-08). "Michelle Caruso-Cabrera raises $1 million in bid to topple AOC". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  21. Lee Fang (April 15, 2020). "Wall Street Titans Finance Democratic Primary Challenger to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez". The Intercept. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  22. "New York Primary Election Results: 14th Congressional District". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  23. "United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  24. "Stephen Dizard, Special Counselor at The Center for Financial Stability". www.centerforfinancialstability.org. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  25. "New York Primary Election Results: 14th Congressional District". The New York Times. August 17, 2020. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
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