Talk:Rob Andrews

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[edit] Date of first election.

This page says "In 1990, after 15-year incumbent James Florio resigned to take office as Governor of New Jersey, Andrews won a special election to succeed him. He won a full term later that year." But this source [1] says Andrews won the special and general election the same day. Does anyone have a source saying they were different days? Simon12 06:01, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

Merge Uncontroversial todying up so I'd suggest just going for it (if it is felt that this should be under the name of the other entry then a move can be sorted out in the future but the two entries need merging as a priority)> (Emperor 17:10, 24 April 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Camille Andrews Congressional Candidacy

I have reverted an anonymous user's deletion of information concerning Camille Andrews campaign to succeed her husband in Congress. Under Wikipedia policies and guidelines, it is acceptable to briefly mention information concerning the relatives of biography article subjects when the relative may not be notable enough to qualify for an article in their own right. If someone wants to create an article on Camille Andrews and move the information there, that would be fine with me, or the information should be left in this article. --TommyBoy (talk) 14:37, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

The information belongs here, in any case. To anyone versed in politics, the possibility that Rob Andrews himself will be the House candidate, despite his announcement to the contrary, strongly suggests itself. It would be beyond the proper scope of the article to get into that speculation, except perhaps by quoting newspaper columns that engage in the speculation. But presenting the data that puts the senate campaign in context is within the proper scope of the article.

One advantage of Camille Andrews' running for the seat is that even if Rob doesn't take over the candidacy, his donor base has to wonder if he will, whereby he would remain in a powerful position, making it more advantageous for the contributors to give to his Senate race. Dvd Avins (talk) 19:21, 16 April 2008 (UTC)