Ex-FCC Official Gottheimer Wins House Seat

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Former FCC official Josh Gottheimer won his race for a Democratic House seat from New Jersey Tuesday.

Gottheimer had been senior counselor to then-FCC Chairman Julius Genachowksi as well as director of public-private initiatives.

According to Ballotpedia's unofficial results Gottheimer got 51.9% of the vote to Republican Scott Garrett's 48.1%.

Gottheimer was general manager for corporate strategy at Microsoft. He also helped create Connect2Compete and JerseyOn to promote high-speed broadband access to low-income students.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.