Archive for October, 2009

City Hall News — Struggling To Be Taken Seriously, And Prepared If Fortune Smiles — 10-28-2009

http://www.cityhallnews.com/newyork/article-985-struggling-to-be-taken-seriously-and-prepared-if-fortune-smiles.html
Three days into his campaign against Rep. Charlie Rangel, and Vince Morgan, the bank executive-turned-first-timecandidate, cannot help but pounce on potential donors.  “Please e-mail me,” Morgan pleaded a fashionably dressed older woman with a red-and-black polka dot scarf around her neck, who had just moved to the neighborhood from the Upper West Side. “I want [...]

NY Post — Ex-ally to Challenge Charlie Seeks House Seat — 10-14-2009

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ex_ally_to_challenge_charlie_Vqk2YLJvr0hcvhnlfMgsvI#comments_block
A fellow Harlem Democrat — and former Rangel employee — has launched a campaign to take the seat in 2010 that the lawmaker has held for nearly 40 years.  ”It’s time to think about what comes after Charlie. We need a change,” declared Vincent Morgan, who works as a community banker [...]

Black Star News — Echoing Obama, Harlem Banker Seeks to Defeat Rangel — 10-14-2009

http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=448453076741bda52325d460805e9b1d
Vincent S. Morgan, Harlem resident and a former aide to Rep. Charlie Rangel believes he’s ready to succeed the veteran Congressman as Harlem’s voice in Washington. Morgan, who has declared his candidacy for Rangel’s Congressional seat in a primary next year–Harlem’s 15th Congressional District– concedes it won’t be easy unseating the veteran politician who has represented [...]

Vincent Morgan Announces Run for New York’s 15th Congressional District

Campaign to bring integrity, unity and a new vision to Upper Manhattan

NEW YORK, NY (October 13, 2009) – Harlem based community banker Vince Morgan today officially announced his candidacy for the 15th Congressional District of New York. The primary election is slated for September 14, 2010. The District, which has for 40 years [...]

NY Times — Rangel’s Ex-Aide Will Run Against Him — 10-13-2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/us/politics/14rangel.html
Representative Charles B. Rangel, whose personal finances are the focus of a Congressional ethics investigation, is suddenly facing another problem: one of his former aides is running against him in next year’s election.  The aide, Vince Morgan, now a bank executive, announced this week that he was planning to run against the congressman in the [...]

The Hill — Rep. Rangel to face challenge from former campaign director — 10-12-2009

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/62685-rangel-to-face-primary-challenge-from-former-campaign-director
Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) will face a 2010 primary challenge from one of his own former campaign directors.  Vince Morgan, a New York community banker who once worked for Rangel as a special assistant and subsequently as a campaign director, announced Monday that he would challenge Rangel for reelection.

The Huffington Post — Vince Morgan, Ex-Rangel Aide, Challenging Him In Primary — 10-12-2009

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/12/rangel-to-be-challenged-i_n_317875.html
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) will face a 2010 primary challenge from one of his own former campaign directors.  Vince Morgan, a New York banker who once worked for Rangel as a special assistant and subsequently as a campaign director, announced Monday that he would challenge Rangel for reelection.