Dustin Racioppi is the New Jersey editor for POLITICO. He was most recently the politics and government editor for the USA TODAY Network, overseeing coverage in six states. Before that he was a longtime Statehouse reporter in New Jersey, first for the Asbury Park Press and then for The Record. He's also worked at newspapers in Connecticut and Colorado. At The Record, his reporting of political patronage in the Murphy administration led to the resignation of the CEO of the state Schools Development Authority and spurred reforms at that agency, and his coverage of a politically connected lottery privatization deal helped save taxpayers up to $100 million after the state amended its contract. He won the inaugural David Carr Reporter of the Year award from the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists in 2020.

Before his career in journalism, Dustin served on a submarine in the U.S. Navy during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. He is a native of the Jersey Shore, where he lives with his wife and two daughters.