Jeff Van Drew
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- Current office
- U.S. Representative, New Jersey District 2 (since 2019)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative; dentist
- Lives in
- Dennis Township
Background
- Longtime dentist. source: whyy.org
- Was a Dennis Township committeeman and mayor, a Cape May County freeholder (now called commissioner), and a commissioner of the Ocean View Fire District. source: whyy.org
- Served in the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate. source: whyy.org
- Won the District 2 seat as a Democrat in 2018, later switched to the Republican Party, and has held the seat since. source: whyy.org
- Introduced 57 bills in the 119th Congress, including bills to exclude military pensions from taxes and to block funding for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. source: whyy.org
In their own words
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- "Affordability; affordability; and affordability" source: whyy.org
- Cut federal taxes and lower utility costs source: whyy.org
- Protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid source: whyy.org
- End the conflict with Iran as quickly as possible; Iran must never get a nuclear weapon source: whyy.org
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