Georgetown

October 11, 2006 - 1:17pm

Stender tries to pin Ferguson down

Democratic congressional candidate Linda Stender's new direct mail piece addresses a 2003 incident involving Republican Michael Ferguson and his congressional pin in a Georgetown bar. Stender, who is touting an internal poll that shows her trailing the three-term incumbent by just seven points, seems to think that this issue will hurt Ferguson in the wake of the sex scandal involving former Florida GOP Congressman Mark Foley.

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January 11, 2006 - 6:30pm

Kolluri to Transportation?

There is specualtion -- unconfirmed by the Transition Office -- that Kris Kolluri is the leading candidate for state Transportation Commissioner. An attorney at Parker McCay, Kolluri served as Chief of Staff to the New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation, as Assistant Commissioner of Transportation, as Chief of Staff to Congressman Rush Holt, and on the staffs of House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt and Congressman Rob Andrews. Born in India, Kolluri is a graduate of Rutgers University; he received a masters degree from John Hopkins and a law degee from Georgetown. Parker McCay is a politically powerful South Jersey law firm founded by former Senate Minority Leader, Assembly Speaker and gubernatorial candidate Barry Parker; partners include the brother of South Jersey Democratic leader George Norcross and the brother of former Republican National Chairman Ed Gillespie.

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