Kevin Ring

The campaign for congressional candidate Charlie Brown called on Nov. 4 opponent Tom McClintock to publicly say whether he will campaign with or take an endorsement from outgoing U.S. Rep. John Doolittle (R-Roseville), who Brown and McClintock are running to replace in the 4th Congressional District.

Brown, a Democrat from Roseville, made the request after Doolittle's former aide Kevin Ring was indicted Monday on 10 charges of public corruption, some of them having to do with contacts Ring had with Doolittle.

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A former legislative director to retiring U.S. Rep. John Doolittle (R-Roseville) has been indicted on public corruption charges, according to Roll Call.

Lobbyist Kevin Ring, who was on Doolittle's staff from 1993 to 1998, was formally charged Monday in Washington, D.C., with 10 counts of corruption relating to work he did as a colleague of convicted former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.