Political Roundup
- Opening up what could be a top target for Democrats, the 12th district’s Republican Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck will vacate her seat to run against incumbent Democratic Senator Ellen Karcher. Wally Edge says the matchup will be “one of the premier legislative contests” of 2007.
- Rumor has it that ultra-conservative Assemblyman Guy Gregg will challenge senior Republican Senator Robert Littell in the 24th district’s GOP primary.
- Long-time Menendez chief of staff Michael Hutton is starting his own lobbying shop.
- The newly-minted RNC Communications Director, Lisa Camooso Miller, was once a special assistant to former Acting Governor Donald DiFrancesco.
- And fresh off of nabbing a hit-and-run driver, Democrat Barbara Buono (LD-18) steered a successful resolution through the Senate that urges the federal government to protect Title IX in athletics.