Tim Russert - Career Timeline

Career Timeline

Political career
  • 1977–1982 — chief of staff to Daniel Patrick Moynihan
  • 1983–1984 — counselor to Mario Cuomo
Broadcast career
  • 1984–1988 — senior vice president of NBC News' Washington operations
  • 1995—Homicide: Life on the Street (cameo appearance as self, but as fictitious cousin of Captain Megan Russert)
  • 1988–2008 — Washington bureau chief of NBC News
  • 1991–2008 — moderator of Meet the Press
  • 1992–2006 — co-anchor of NBC News' election night coverage
Debates moderated
  • 1991 — Ex-Gov. Edwin Edwards and State Rep. David Duke, candidates for Governor of Louisiana
  • 1994 — Gov. Lawton Chiles and Jeb Bush, candidates for Governor of Florida
  • 1998 — Sen. Bob Graham vs. State Sen. Charlie Crist, candidates for U.S. Senate from Florida
  • January 2000 — in New Hampshire involving Republican candidates for President
  • January 2000 — in New Hampshire involving Democratic candidates for President
  • 2000 — Bill McCollum vs. Bill Nelson, candidates for U.S. Senate from Florida
  • September 2000 — in Buffalo Rep. Rick Lazio and First Lady Hillary Clinton, candidates for U.S. Senate from New York
  • October 2000 — involving candidates for U.S. Senate from Florida
  • 2002 — Bill McBride and Gov. Jeb Bush, candidates for Governor of Florida
  • 2002 — Shannon O'Brien vs. Mitt Romney, candidates for Governor of Massachusetts
  • 2004 — Betty Castor and HUD Secretary Mel Martinez, candidates for U.S. Senate from Florida
  • October 2005 — Jerry Kilgore and Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine, candidates for governor of Virginia
  • November 2006 — in Orlando Sen. Bill Nelson and Rep. Katherine Harris, candidates for U.S. Senate from Florida
  • September 2007 — in New Hampshire involving Democratic candidates for U.S. President
  • November 2007 — (co-moderator) of debate in Philadelphia involving Democratic candidates for U.S. president
  • January 2008 — in Boca Raton, Florida involving Republican candidates for President
  • January 2008 — in Las Vegas, Nevada involving Democratic candidates for President
  • March 2008 — (co-moderator) at Cleveland State between Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama, Democratic candidates for U.S. President

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