New WHCA Appointments

FishbowlDC has learned that Bloomberg’s Ed Chen has been elected president of the White House Correspondents’ Association for the 2009-2010 term. Ed Henry won the TV seat and Richard Wolffe was elected to the magazine seat.

The full results:

At large seat:

Ed Chen 86 votes
John McKinnon 72
David Jackson 1
Rick Dunham 1
Ann Compton 1

Magazine seat:

Richard Wolffe 92
Ken Walsh 61
John Gizzi 1

TV seat:

Ed Henry 83
Jon Garcia 47
Brian Haefeli 25
Jim Angle 1
Kelly O’Donnell 1
Ann Compton 1

Presidency:

Ed Chen 82
John McKinnon 53
Richard Wolffe 23
Rick Dunham 1
Ann Compton 1

The new board takes office in August.

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