Ticker Tape

Jet, Dec 25, 2000 by Simeon Booker

Confidential: The long wait to decide a winner of the presidential election may produce unique results. If the GOP wins, former Reagan White House aide Mel Bradley is expected to be a frontrunner for a patronage post. If the Clinton VIPs survive the ups and downs of the last-minute battle, many hope to land positions in their second Democratic administration.

The Congressional Black Caucus came up with a sizzling end to the battle to succeed South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn as chair of the 38-member Capitol Hill powerhouse- Texas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson edged Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson by a single vote ... Regional Classic: Who will be the Black staffer for New York Sen. Hillary Clinton? This is the question that has provoked more interest than the next Black in the Cabinet ... Capitol Hill Democrats have two future farewell projects--for President Bill Clinton and St. Louis Rep. William (Bill) Clay ... The first Black to oversee the Navy's 1,400 chaplains is Chief Barry C. Black, a two-star admiral ... For the fourth time, North Carolina Rep. Melvin Watt was forced to defend the makeup of his district as opponents charged that the boundaries were established by race. The assault looms as a new attempt to reduce the power of Black lawmakers in Washington ... Science fellow Emmanuel Finn joined the staff of Sen. Wyden (D-OR) on Capitol Hill. He is former dental director of a New York state health care center.