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Former USG Prez Runs for Office
Sunday, 17 May 2009
by Brian No
No, not Eliot Spitzer ’81. He’s forever disgraced, remember? Spending $80,000 over 10 years on “high-end” prostitutes? Spitzer’s legacy, however, hasn’t stopped former USG President PJ Kim ’01 from pursuing public office in New York. Kim is running for New York City Council, trying to unseat incumbent councilman Alan Gerson in District 1. Kim is
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
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campaigns, elections, Eliot Spitzer, New York City, New York City Council, PJ Kim, USG, USG President
Ranking Residential Colleges By Their Namesakes’ Political Aspirations
Sunday, 03 May 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
Meg Whitman ’77 has had a bumpy start to her gubernatorial campaign since she announced her decision in February. First, it turned out she was a lot more conservative than many thought–including her former gay employees at eBay–when she came out in favor of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California. Then, fellow Silicon
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
Whitman to Spend $150M on Gubernatorial Run
Sunday, 22 February 2009
by Brian No
vs. Meg Whitman ’77, who has announced her intention to run for governor of California, has predicted that her campaign could cost $150 million, much of it self-financed. The $150 million figure is about the same amount of money it took Princeton to build Whitman College ($136 million). But Whitman didn’t finance the entire cost
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
Meg Whitman: The Historical Precedent?
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
by Spencer Gaffney
About a week ago Meg Whitman ’77 threw her hat into the ring for the California Gubernatorial race (info here). And while the rest of the world may know her as the former Ebay CEO, we of course think of her first and foremost as a Princeton alum. But did you know that, if elected, Whitman