Donald Norcross
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, New Jersey District 1 (since 2014)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative; former union electrician
- Lives in
- Voorhees
Background
- Worked as a union electrician and rose through the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). source: whyy.org
- Was president of the Southern New Jersey AFL-CIO for nearly 20 years. source: whyy.org
- Served in the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate before Congress. source: whyy.org
- Won a 2014 special election and the general election to replace Rep. Rob Andrews in District 1. source: whyy.org
- Long-time member of the House Armed Services Committee. source: whyy.org
- Introduced 21 bills in the 119th Congress; one, H.R. 5408 (deadlines and mediation for collective bargaining talks), passed the House. source: whyy.org
In their own words
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- The economy, labor and workforce issues source: whyy.org
- Health care, including access to reproductive health care source: whyy.org
- National and community security source: whyy.org
- Opposes "broad reckless tariffs"; expand union manufacturing source: whyy.org
- Opposes the war with Iran, which Norcross says Congress did not authorize source: whyy.org
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