Scott Shields is an American

United States

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 blogger and Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 political activist. Born in Englewood, New Jersey

Englewood, New Jersey

Englewood is a city located in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 27,147.Englewood was incorporated as a city by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from portions of Ridgefield Township and the remaining portions of...

 in 1978, he grew up in Morris County

Morris County, New Jersey

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, NJ and graduated from Montville Township High School. He rose to prominence in 2005 as a front-page writer for MyDD

MyDD

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 covering, among other topics, health care politics

Health care politics

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, labor rights

Labor rights

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, and the 2005 New Jersey Governor's race

New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2005

The New Jersey gubernatorial election of 2005 was a race for the Governor of New Jersey. It was held on November 8, 2005. Incumbent Democratic Governor Richard Codey, who replaced Governor Jim McGreevey in 2004 after his resignation, did not run for election for a full term of office.The primary...

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In 2006, Shields was employed with the campaign of US Senator Bob Menendez in New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

. During the campaign, his work was profiled in The Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/15107347.htm, The Record of Bergen County http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MDAzMzgxJnlyaXJ5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mg, and The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/061106ta_talk_paumgarten. He was named one of the years' "Top Political Operatives" by the website PoliticsNJ.com http://www.politicsnj.com.

His writing can still be seen on MyDD, DailyKos, BlueJersey, and other prominent blogs.