Candidates at a Glance

Matthew Hersh

As we approach Election Day next Tuesday, November 8, here is one more look at the candidates vying for Princeton Borough and Township government:

In Princeton Township:

Vicky Bergman, Democrat:

--- Member, Regional Planning Board of Princeton, 1999-2004, served as both chair and vice chair; member, Princeton Township Zoning Board of Adjustment, 1989-1996, chair, vice chair
--- Served as Board Member: Princeton Adult School, Princeton Senior Resource Center, Princeton Summer Chamber Concerts, Community Without Walls
--- Served as Public Affairs Officer, White House Regulatory Council during the Carter Administration; Budget and Program Analyst, New Jersey State Legislature
--- Small business owner, Princeton Township resident since 1974

Gordon Bryant, Republican

--- Twenty years' experience at Lazard Freres, Prudential Securities, Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, others
--- Co-founder, Princeton Financial Executives Networking Group
--- Worked with the Florida and Texas state legislatures to develop programs enabling cost-effective education financing, reducing reliance on property taxes
--- Township resident since 1995

Bernie Miller, Democrat:

--- Member, Princeton Township Committee, 2002- present, deputy mayor, 2005; Chair, Cable TV Committee, 2000-2002, heading team that negotiated cable TV franchise with Patriot Media --- headed team that negotiated cable TV franchise with Patriot Media; Member, Township Housing Board, 1990-1993
--- Treasurer, Friends of the Princeton Public Library
--- Senior Vice President (retired), Lockheed Martin International; consultant on economics and technology
--- Princeton Township resident for nearly 50 years

Thomas Pyle, Republican:

--- Director, Strathmore University Foundation, Princeton and Kenya, educating 5000 Africans in commerce and IT
--- Chairman, TerraCycle, Inc. in Trenton, manufacturing organic liquid plant food from recycled bottles for distribution to national retail companies
--- Twenty years' banking experience with Morgan, Chase, Deutsche Bank, and Wm Sword & Co.
--- Thirty-four-year resident of Princeton

In Princeton Borough:

David Goldfarb, Democrat:

--- Member, Borough Council 1991-present
--- Chair, Public Works Committee; Member, Princeton Borough Finance Committee
--- Treasurer, Princeton Hook & Ladder Co.
--- Forty-year resident of Princeton

Joshua Leinsdorf, Independent:

--- Psephologist (a sociologist studying election trends) at the Institute of Election Analysis
--- Member, Princeton Regional Board of Education since 2000
--- Taught fifth grade in Trenton Public Schools
--- Borough resident since 1998

Mr. Leindorf's name will appear in the Republican column on the ballot

Mildred Trotman, Democrat:

--- Member, Princeton Common Council, 21 years, served nine years as president; served as liaison to Regional Planning Board for nine years; Affordable Housing Board for 19 years, Fire Commission for 10 years, Police Commissioner since 1999
--- Vice-Chair Mercer County Democratic Committee in 1991, 1992, 1993
--- Property Manager: President, S.A.M. Management Company
--- Forty-three-year Princeton resident