Corey Daniel O’Brien (born September 11, 1973) is an American lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners from 2008 to 2015. In 2010, he challenged

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Paul Kanjorski Paul Edmund Kanjorski (born April 2, 1937) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 1985 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district included the cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Hazleton, as ...

in the May 2010

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but lost.

Early life and education

He graduated from the Dunmore Junior-Senior High School in

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, in 1992. He graduated from

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with a

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in 1996 and from the

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Columbus School of Law with a

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Early career

In 1996 he interned in the White House during the

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. From 1996 to 1997 he was a press officer with the

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. From 1992 to 1997 he served as President of the Dunmore Community Center Development Board in Dunmore, Pennsylvania.

Legal & broadcasting career

From 2000 to 2005 and again from 2007 to 2008 he practiced law with

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From 2005 to 2006 he hosted ''The Pulse with Corey O'Brien'' on

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in Northeastern Pennsylvania. In 2006 he hosted ''Corey O’Brien Now'' on WILK News Radio in Northeastern Pennsylvania. From 2005 to 2007 he served as Of Counsel for Stevens & Lee in Scranton, Pennsylvania. From 2012 to 2015 he practiced law with his own law firm in Moosic, Pennsylvania. He later served as a political analyst on the ABC-affiliate, WNEP-TV 16, and WILK News Radio.

Political career

In 2008 he served as a member of the Obama for America Pennsylvania Statewide Leadership Council and later an elector for the 56th Electoral College of Pennsylvania. From 2008 to 2015 he served as a member of the Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners.

2007 Commissioner election

In 2007, O'Brien and incumbent Democratic Commissioner Mike Washo took on the two incumbent majority commissioners,

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, A.J. Munchak and Robert Cordaro. In November, the Washo-O'Brien ticket defeated the Republican ticket, with only Munchak remaining on the board.

2010 Congressional election

He challenged 13-term

in the May 2010

. O'Brien received 33.9% of the vote, while Brian Kelly received 16.8% of the vote, and Kanjorski won with 49.3% of the vote. In the general election, Kanjorski was defeated by Republican

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2011 Commissioner election

In 2011, O'Brien selected Jeanette Mariani, the Mayor of Blakely, as his new running mate after Washo announced his retirement. In the Democratic primary, O'Brien finished with the second-highest vote total, narrowly ahead of former county chief of staff Elizabeth Randol, but behind the top vote getter, former

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James Wansacz. In the general election, O'Brien and Wansacz received the two highest vote totals, thus continuing the Democratic majority on the board.

Other activities

From 2010 to 2014 he served as an investor, co-founder, and later managing member of Rapid Recovery in Allentown and

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. He later joine
AllOne Health Resources Corporation
serving as Vice President for Business Development from 2015 to 2016 and currently Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer since 2016.

Electoral history

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Obrien, Corey 1973 births Pennsylvania Democrats Politicians from Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania People from Dunmore, Pennsylvania Living people Pennsylvania State University alumni Columbus School of Law alumni Lackawanna County Commissioners (Pennsylvania)