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Joe ScarboroughMember of the from 's districtIn office January 3, 1995 – September 5, 2001Preceded bySucceeded byPersonal detailsBornCharles Joseph Scarborough April 9, 1963 , U.S.Political party (since 2017)Other political affiliations (before 2017)Spouse(s)Melanie Hinton (m.1986; div.1999) Susan Waren (m.2001; div.2013) (m.2018)Children4Residence, U.S.Education () ()Charles Joseph Scarborough (; born April 9, 1963) is an American host, musician, and former congressman from Florida. He is currently the co-host of on with , his spouse. He previously hosted on the same network. Scarborough was previously a and a and served in the from 1995 to 2001 as a for the of .

Scarborough was also a visiting fellow at the at the . He was named in the 2011 as one of the most influential people in the world.

Contents Early life[] Charles Joseph Scarborough was born in , , the son of Mary Joanna (née Clark) and George Francis Scarborough, a businessman; he has two siblings.Scarborough attended in . He earned a degree in history from the in 1985 and a degree from the in 1990. During this time he wrote music and produced CDs with his band, Dixon Mills, including the album Calling on Robert E. Lee, and he also coached football and taught high school.

Legal career[] Scarborough was admitted to in 1991, and practiced law in Pensacola.

Scarborough's most high-profile case was briefly representing , the killer of doctor , in 1993. He made several court appearances representing Griffin, before removing himself from the case, later saying: "There was no way in hell I could sit in at a civil trial, let alone a capital trial," referring to the prospect of prosecutors seeking the against Griffin. Scarborough assisted Griffin in choosing other counsel from the many who offered their services, however, and helped shield the family from the media exposure, .

Scarborough's political profile was also raised when he assisted with a , in late 1993, opposing a proposed 65 percent increase in the City of Pensacola's property taxes.

U.S. House of Representatives[] Elections[] Scarborough in 1994In 1994 Scarborough won the Republican Party primary for . The seat had come open when eight-term incumbent announced his retirement. In the general election Scarborough defeated the Democratic candidate, Pensacola attorney Vince "Vinnie" Whibbs Jr., with 61 percent of the vote. Whibbs was the son of former mayor . The district had not supported a Democratic candidate for U.S. president since . However, Democratic candidates had continued to hold most local offices well into the 1990s. Scarborough's win coincided with a large Republican wave that swept through the , as well as the entire United States. Republicans swept nearly all of the region's seats in the state legislature and have held them ever since.

Proving just how Republican this district was, Scarborough was reelected with 72 percent of the vote in 1996. In 1998 and 2000, he faced only write-in candidates as opposition.

Tenure[] During his congressional career, he received a 95 percent lifetime rating from the . He signed the . Scarborough served on the , , , and committees. In 1998 he was named chairman of the Civil Service Committee.

Scarborough was one of a group of about 40 freshmen Republican legislators who dubbed themselves the after . Scarborough was elected political director of the incoming legislators. The New Federalists called for sweeping cuts in the U.S. government, including plans to ", localize, consolidate, [or] eliminate" the Departments of , , and . Gingrich tapped Scarborough to head a Republican task force on education, and Scarborough declared, "Our goal is to get as much money, power, and authority out of Washington and get as much money, power, and authority into the classroom as possible." Rep. (R-Ohio), then chairman of the House Budget Committee, adopted Scarborough's language eliminating the federal Department of Education in the 1996 House Budget Resolution. The budget passed the House by a vote of 238–193.

Scarborough supported a number of positions while in Congress, including the , that made it a crime to harm a during the commission of other crimes.

Scarborough sponsored a bill to force the U.S. to withdraw from the after a four-year transition and voted to make the self-sufficient by eliminating federal funding. He also voted for the " Preservation act of 1995," which cut the projected growth of Medicare by $270 billion over ten years, and against the "Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996," which raised the to $5.15. Scarborough had a conservative voting record on , , and issues but was seen as on and causes, including supporting the closure of the and defending accused terrorist .

While in Congress, Scarborough received a number of awards, including the "Friend of the Taxpayer Award" from ; the "Guardian of Small Business Award" from the ; the "Spirit of Enterprise Award" from the ; the "Taxpayer's Hero Award" from the ; and the "Guardian of Seniors' Rights Award" from the .

Scarborough was one of the 228 members of the House who voted to in December 1998.

Committee memberships[] Electoral history[] : Results 1994–2000YearDemocraticVotesPctRepublicanVotesPctVince Whibbs70,41638%Joe Scarborough112,97462%Kevin Beck66,49527%Joe Scarborough175,94673%Tom Wells (write-in)6630%Joe Scarborough140,52599.5%UnopposedN/A0%Joe Scarborough226,473100%Resignation[] In May 2001, five months into his fourth term in Congress, Scarborough announced his intention to resign to spend more time with his children. Of his resignation, Scarborough said, "The realization has come home to me that they're at a critical stage of their lives and I would rather be judged at the end of my life as a father than as a congressman."

On July 20, 2001, one of Scarborough's aides, Lori Klausutis, was found dead from a head injury in his office in . According to Scarborough, allegations "spread all over the Internet" that he had been involved even though it was ruled an accident. In 2003, he joked about the incident with on Imus' radio program, and, in 2004, he clashed with filmmaker about it. In 2020, as part of a war of words with Scarborough, President Trump promoted a baseless conspiracy theory suggesting that Scarborough had left office because of Klausutis's death.

A was held in October 2001 to replace Scarborough.

Post-congressional politics[] After leaving Congress, he joined the as an environmental lawyer, headed by the controversial and prominent trial lawyer . He practiced law with the firm Beggs and Lane, the oldest firm in Florida. He was appointed to the President's Council on the 21st Century Workforce in 2002.

In August 2005, Scarborough confirmed reports that he had been asked to consider a challenge to U.S. Rep. for the Republican nomination to challenge Senator 's reelection bid. However, he announced later that month that he was renewing his contract with NBC.

In early 2009, Scarborough confirmed reports that he had been approached by Florida Republicans who wanted him to run for the Senate seat vacated by Republican . Scarborough said he was not likely to run as he believes he can have more influence over public policy as the host of Morning Joe than as a U.S. senator. However, he has not ruled out a political career in the future.

In spring of 2015, speculation began that Scarborough would run for . On Morning Joe, Scarborough attacked Democratic governor for antibusiness policies that led to move its headquarters from , to , . Scarborough followed this up with an op-ed in the state's largest newspaper, the , criticizing the business climate in the Nutmeg State.

On July 11, 2017, Scarborough announced on that he was leaving the Republican party to become an .

In August 2019, Scarborough drew criticism after posting -driven tweets about the death of , an American financier multimillionaire and convicted sex offender. Scarborough tweeted: "A guy who had information that would have destroyed rich and powerful men's lives ends up dead in his jail cell. How predictably...Russian."

Media career[] Scarborough is the co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, which features interviews with top newsmakers and politicians and analysis of the day's biggest stories. Previously, he hosted , a primetime news show. He and also briefly hosted a talk radio show called the Joe Scarborough Show on .

While still serving in Congress, Scarborough founded the free weekly Pensacola-area newspaper The Florida Sun in 1999. The paper later merged in 2001 and is now known as the Independent News.

In April 2003, he embarked upon a television career with the launch of on MSNBC, until he began hosting Morning Joe full-time.

In an for in August 2016, Scarborough argued that the Republican party must "dump " as their . Drawing attention to Trump's remarks about and the , Scarborough wrote: "A bloody line has been crossed that cannot be ignored. At long last, Donald Trump has left the Republican Party few options but to act decisively and get this political train wreck off the tracks before something terrible happens."

In June 2017, Scarborough and Brzezinski were the targets of the 's , in which, in response to their coverage of , referred to him as "Psycho Joe" and called her "low I.Q. Crazy Mika," while asserting that she was "bleeding badly from a face-lift" when he previously encountered her at . The hosts responded with an op-ed in The Washington Post, in which they described White House officials telling them that the president would kill a pending article if they apologized to Trump for their coverage of him.The president's tweets received criticism from numerous Republican lawmakers, including , Senators , , , , and .

Morning Joe[] Scarborough on Morning Joe with co-host (and now spouse) Mika BrzezinskiIn May 2007, Scarborough became one of the rotating hosts auditioning for the slot vacated by on MSNBC. Scarborough, with his morning show, won the slot permanently in July 2007.

Morning Joe is a weekday morning news and talk show, airing from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. . It features Joe Scarborough providing both enterprise reporting and discussion on the news of the day in a panel format with co-hosts and . The show features in-depth discussions that help drive the day's political conversation.

In 2007, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg joined Willie, Mika, MSNBC president Phil Griffin, and Joe to cut the ribbon on the new set of Morning Joe at 30 Rock.

Scarborough has covered presidential elections and conventions. In 2015 he interviewed then–Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and abruptly ended the interview, but resumed it after commercial break. During the 2016 election, Scarborough criticized the Democratic National Committee for trying to protect Hillary Clinton and ensure she received the Democratic party's presidential nomination, calling the DNC "rigged" against voters. 2017 marked the program's 10th year on air.

According to in 2016, delivered MSNBC's biggest total viewer and demo audiences in the time period ever and beat third-place CNN in both categories. This marks Morning Joe's seventh straight year topping CNN in total viewers. Scarborough also is a regular guest on NBC and MSNBC news programs and has appeared on Meet the Press numerous times. In April 2012 Scarborough guest-hosted Meet the Press.

Radio[] On December 8, 2008, Scarborough and Morning Joe co-host began hosting a two-hour late-morning on (770 AM) in , replacing 12-year veteran host . As of April 26, 2010, the radio show was placed on "hiatus", which Scarborough said was to redevelop its format into a new three-hour show. The show never returned.

Books[] Scarborough released his first book, Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day: the Real Deal on how Politicians, Bureaucrats, and other Washington Barbarians are Bankrupting America, on October 4, 2005.

In his second book, The Last Best Hope, released on June 9, 2009, Scarborough outlined a plan to help guide conservatives back to a political majority after their defeats in the and the .

On November 12, 2013, Scarborough released his third book, The Right Path: From Ike to Reagan, How Republicans Once Mastered Politics—and Can Again.

Music[] Scarborough released his debut , , on June 23, 2017. A music video for the title track of the -inspired EP was also released on the same day. Scarborough plans to release a new EP every month for the next four years.

Personal life[] In 1986, Scarborough married Melanie Hinton. The couple had two sons and divorced in 1999. While interviewing in June 2005, Scarborough expressed concerns about the possibility that one of his sons may have suffered damage (See ). Scarborough said, "My son, born in 1991, has a slight form of called . When I was practicing law and also when I was in Congress, parents would constantly come to me and they would bring me videotapes of their children, and they were all around the age of my son or younger. So, something happened in 1989."

In October 2001, Scarborough married his second wife, Susan Waren, a former aide to Florida governor and a former congressional committee staffer. Their daughter was born in August 2003; their son was born in May 2008. Scarborough and Waren were divorced in January 2013.

Scarborough currently resides in , an affluent suburb near New York City. In early 2017 during a trip to , France, he became engaged to his co-host . The couple married on November 24, 2018, in Washington D.C. in a ceremony officiated by U.S. Representative .

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personalitiesAnchorsHostsCorrespondentsPolitical analystsLegal analystsMilitary analystsNational Security analysts [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1] Retrieved from "": Hidden categories: Mika Brzezinski, Joe Scarborough on what happened with Trump at ... Broadcasting the news has taken a hit in the information age, as more and more media consumers get their news from digital platforms rather than turning on Fox, CNN or some of the other "alphabet" TV news networks.

Even so, being a news anchor is still a lucrative career in 2019, especially if you're in television representing one of the big media broadcasters.

If you host a nightly news show on Fox FOXA or MSNBC or anchor the news for a major network like CBS CBS or ABC, chances are you're going to pull in millions of dollars annually, even though the average U.S. news anchor salary stands at $58,964,

The highest-paid news anchors are doing better than that - way better. And these marquee news anchors are raking in the most money on an annual basis, with some familiar names at the top of the list.

The Highest-Paid News Anchors in 2019 1. Sean Hannity Salary - $40 million

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Sean Hannity, a stalwart at Fox News as host of "The Sean Hannity Show" earns $40 million at the broadcast network, and has an estimated net worth of $250 million.

A New York City native, Hannity's broadcast career dates back to the early 1980s in Alabama and Georgia, and as a talk show host at the University of California, where he attended college. Hannity was hired by Fox News in 1996 for the news and political talk show "Hannity and Colmes," which lasted to 2009.

A resident of Long Island, N.Y., Hannity continues to host both a weekday radio shows and his FOX television broadcast, making him one of the hardest working and wealthiest news personalities in the U.S.

2. Diane Sawyer Salary - $22 million

Diane Sawyer made history in 1984 as the first-ever woman correspondent for CBS' "60 Minutes" and as a news anchor for CBS News (for "CBS Morning News,") then ABC News where she continues a high-profile broadcasting career with regular interviews for "ABC World News," where she served as news anchor from 2009 to 2014.

Sawyer, who has an estimated net worth of $85 million, was married to Hollywood producer and director Mike Nichols, who died in 2014.

3. Robin Roberts Salary - $18 million

Co-host of ABC's "Good Morning America," Roberts took an alternative route to news broadcasting, working for ESPN before leaving for ABC in 2005.

Roberts earns an annual salary of $18 million at ABC. A cancer survivor, Roberts is a frequent speaker on the subject of illness and recovery and has earned four Emmy awards for her work at ABC.

4. George Stephanopoulos Salary - $15 million.

A former aide to President Clinton, Stephanopoulos earns $15 million annually as the co-anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America" and as a regular anchor at the network's "ABC World News Tonight." He has an estimated net worth of $40 million, most of it earned from his time at ABC.

Born in Fall River, Mass., Stephanopoulos is a Rhodes Scholar and launched his political career working on the presidential campaign with Michael Dukakis, former governor of Massachusetts and the Democratic party's presidential nominee in 1988, who lost to George H.W. Bush.

After working in the Clinton administration until 1996, Stephanopoulos wrote a best-selling book on his role as a senior adviser for President Clinton and has served as a news correspondent and anchor since 2002.

5. Anderson Cooper Salary - $12 million

is the long-time host of CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" and is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt, who recently died from cancer at age 95.

As a result of his inheritance from his mother's estate valued at $1.5 billion (his father died in 1978), Cooper's net worth is in question. Before his inheritance, Cooper's net worth was estimated at around $100 million.

Given that he was the primary recipient of his mother's estate, that net worth figure is expected to rise dramatically to well over $1 billion once Cooper's inheritance is paid out.

6. Shepard Smith Salary - $10 million

Shepard Smith is the host of Fox News' "Shepard Smith Reporting" while also serving as managing news editor for the network.

He earns a salary of $10 million annually and has an estimated net worth of $25 million. A native of Holly Springs, Miss., Smith began his broadcasting career in Florida and California, before moving on to Fox in 1996.

7. Maria Bartiromo Salary - $10 million

Maria Bartiromo has carved a formidable reputation as a tough, no-nonsense business and finance reporter at CNBC and now at Fox Business Network, where she holds the title of chief global business editor.

With her husband, Wall Street financier Jonathan Steinberg, Bartiromo has a net worth of $50 million and earns an annual salary of $10 million from Fox News. At Fox, Bartiromo hosts "Morning with Maria" and "Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street" for the network.

She also appears frequently playing herself in Hollywood film roles, appearing in "Risk/Reward," "The Taking of Pelham 123," and "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," among other movies.

8. Joe Scarborough Salary - $8 million

Joe Scarborough is a former congressman from Florida who has hosted the MSNBC newscast "Morning Joe" since 2007. Scarborough first got into television news after leaving politics in 2001, starting as the host of "Scarborough Country" for MSNBC.

Scarborough earns a salary of $8 million annually from MSNBC and has an estimated net worth of $25 million. He is married to "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski and serves as a fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics.

9. Bret Baier Salary - $7 million

The host of Fox News "Special Report with Bret Baier", Baier is making a name for himself as one of the five top-rated news anchors in the U.S. He earns a salary of $7 million annually and his net worth stands at an estimated $16 million in 2019.

The Rumson, N.J. native served as Fox News White House correspondent before garnering his nightly news show. He's also reported abroad from war-torn hot spots like Afghanistan and Iran over 20 times. Before joining Fox News in 1998, Baier worked as a news reporter in Raleigh, N.C.

10. Scott Pelley Salary - $7 million

Pelley has been with CBS News for over three decades and he's known primarily for his anchor role at the network from 2011 to 2017, and his longstanding correspondent's role with CBS's "60 Minutes." He previously held the White House chief correspondent position at the legendary news network.

The San Antonio native earns an annual salary of $7 million and has an estimated net worth of $17 million. His 2019 book "Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times" is a memoir of Pelley's career as a reporter and serves a valuable snapshot of a life spent covering world events like Sept. 11 and the Iraq War.

11. Rachel Maddow Salary - $7 million

Rachel Maddow earns $7 million annually as a news anchor at MSNBC and has an estimated net worth of $20 million.

The Castro Valley, Calif., native is a news industry pioneer as the first-ever gay/lesbian host of a major network news show, a feat she achieved with the launch of "The Rachel Maddow Show" for MSNBC in 2009.

Maddow was one of the original hosts for "Air America" the politically left-leaning national radio network back in 2004 and 2005, and moved on to MSNBC in 2005 as a network contributor. She scored her show after acting as a substitute host for various network news programs in 2008 and 2009 and has held strong in the ratings ever since.

She is also the author of the 2012 book: "Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power," which became a New York Times best-seller.

12. Tucker Carlson Salary: $6 million

The California native is one of the highest-rated television personalities in the U.S., through his Fox News show "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

Carlson began his career as a reporter for the Arkansas-Democrat Gazette before eventually mobbing onto the broadcast side of the business with CNN's "Crossfire."

His 2019 salary stands at $6 million and net worth figure stands at $20 million, augmented not only by his popular nightly news show on Fox News but also from a $10 million publishing deal for his book "Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution."

13. Lawrence O'Donnell Salary - $5 million

The native Bostonian is a fixture on MSNBC as host of "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell." He earns $5 million annually and has an estimated net worth of $16 million. O'Donnell comes from a political background working as an aide to the New York Sen. Patrick Moynihan, and dabbled in Hollywood as a writer for the television show "The West Wing." He is also a strong contributor to charitable causes - O'Donnell's own "Kids in Need of Desks" initiative for Africa school children has generated $6.5 million in donations.

14. Lester Holt Salary: $4 million

The long-time NBC news broadcaster holds down two jobs at the network - the host of "Weekday Nightly News" and "Dateline NBC".

The 60-year-old Holt got his NBC anchor job after long-time host Brian Williams was suspended from his anchor duties in 2015. Holt, a California native who attended the University of California, earns $4 million a year and has an estimated net worth of $12 million.

15. Erin Burnett Salary: $3 million

Born in 1976 in Mardela Springs, Md., Erin Burnett is the host of "Erin Burnett Outfront" on CNN. Before that gig, Burnett co-hosted CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" from 2005 to 2011.

Burnett started her professional career as a financial analyst for Goldman Sachs GS, working in the financial giant's investment banking department, giving her a special insight into the financial industry and Wall Street.

Burnett earns an estimated $3 million a year from her on-air work and has a net worth of $13 million.

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