Candidate · U.S. House, District 5
Josh Gottheimer
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 5 (since January 3, 2017)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative
- Lives in
- Ridgewood
Background
- Born in Livingston, N.J.; earned a B.A. in American history from the University of Pennsylvania (1997), studied at Oxford on a Thouron Award, and earned a law degree from Harvard Law School (2004). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Speechwriter in the Clinton White House (1998 to 2001). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Worked at Ford Motor Company, Burson-Marsteller, the Federal Communications Commission (2010 to 2012) and Microsoft. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Member of the U.S. House since January 2017; serves on the Financial Services Committee and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Ran in the June 2025 Democratic primary for governor and placed fourth. source: en.wikipedia.org
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