Camille Andrews

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Camille Spinello Andrews (c. 1960) is an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who is currently a candidate in the 2008 United States House of Representatives election, running to represent New Jersey's 1st congressional district.[1]

Andrews is the wife of Rob Andrews, the district's current Representative, who is now seeking election in New Jersey's Democratic Primary for one of the state's U.S. Senate seats. Since Rob Andrews cannot run for Senate while seeking re-election for his House seat, Camille has been accused of being a "placeholder," who would presumably cede candidacy in the general election to another Democrat, possibly her husband, were he to lose the Senate Democratic primary to incumbent Frank Lautenberg. [2] Camille however has insisted that she is no placeholder. [1] However she does concede that if asked by her party's leaders, she would step down and allow another candidate to run.[1]

The 48 year-old[3]Andrews, besides being an attorney for a private equity firm, has been on leave since September 2007 from he other position, Associate Dean of the Rutgers School of Law in Camden, New Jersey.[4] Holding the latter position has drawn criticism of a conflict of interest of her husband, as he directed over $2 million dollars in federal earmarks between 2001 and the present. Dale Glading, a Republican politician also seeking Rob Andrews' seat has called the earmarks "borderline unethical." [5] However, both the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the law school's internal council have asserted that there was no conflict of interest, on the grounds that Camille's status as an employee was not affected by the granting of the earmarks.[5]

Andrews and her husband reside in Haddon Heights, New Jersey, and have two teenage daughters.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Margolin, Josh & Schwaneberg, Robert (2008-04-08), “Camille Andrews: I'm running for real”, Newark Star Ledger, <http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/camille_andrews_im_running_for.html>. Retrieved on 17 May 2008 
  2. ^ Pearsall, Richard (2008-04-09), “Andrews' wife hints at 'placeholder' role”, Courier-Post, <http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080409/NEWS01/804090367>. Retrieved on 17 May 2008 
  3. ^ a b Burton, Cynthia (2008-04-08), “Rob Andrews' wife to run for his U.S. House seat”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, <http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20080408_Rob_Andrews__wife_to_run_for_his_U_S__House_seat.html>. Retrieved on 17 May 2008 
  4. ^ Camille Spinello Andrews. Rutgers Law: Faculty, Staff and Administration Directory. Rutgers University. Retrieved on 2008-05-17.
  5. ^ a b Burton, Cynthia (2008-05-14), “Andrews defends earmarks for wife's school”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, <http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20080514_Andrews_defends_earmarks_for_wife_s_school.html>. Retrieved on 17 May 2008 

[edit] External Links

Camille Andrews for Congress Official (candidacy) site