Elizabeth Benjamin (born c. 1972) is currently a managing director at Marathon Strategies, a communications and strategy firm in New York, and was a journalist with what was then

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(TWCN), serving as the editor-in-chief of "State of Politics," a blog covering the politics of the state of

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, and as the host of the daily political news and interview show
Capital Tonight
'. She was employed with TWCN's predecessor YNN and

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, starting in 2011. Prior to this, she wrote a column for the ''

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'', also covering state and city politics. Before her position at the ''News'', she reported for the ''

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'' and blogged under its Capitol Confidential blog. Benjamin currently appears as a political

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on radio shows such as

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's the '' Brian Lehrer Show'' and on TV shows on channels such as CUNY-TV and

; in addition to her regular blog for TWCN, she also serves as a semi-regular columnist for the online publication ''

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''. In 2013, she married Steven Smith, spokesman for the Albany police department. The two had met at a

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earlier that year. Smith, then training for his first-ever

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, was directed towards Benjamin, a past Ironman participant who has a tattoo from that event on her leg. They began training together and eventually dating. New York's chief judge,

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, officiated at the ceremony, held in

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Awards

* 2009 Hal Hovey Award

References

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