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  Holt, Rush
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AffiliationDemocratic  
<-  2011-01-01  
 
NameRush Holt
Address273 Pennington-Rocky Hill Rd.
Pennington, New Jersey 08534, United States
EmailNone
Website [Link]
Born October 15, 1948 (75 years)
ContributorClassical Liberal
Last ModifedRBH
Feb 11, 2022 09:45pm
Tags Married - Society of Friends - Straight -
InfoRush Holt, 54, is a resident of Hopewell Township, N.J. Born in West Virginia he inherited his interest in politics from his parents. His father was the youngest person ever to be elected to the U.S. Senate, at age 29. His mother served as Secretary of State of West Virginia and remains the only woman to have held that position.

Rep. Holt earned his B.A. in Physics from Carleton College in Minnesota and completed his Master's and Ph.D. at NYU. He has held positions as a teacher, Congressional Science Fellow, and arms control expert at the U.S. State Department where he monitored the nuclear programs of countries such as Iraq, Iran, North Korea, and the former Soviet Union. From 1989 until he launched his 1998 congressional campaign, Holt was Assistant Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, the largest research facility of Princeton University and the largest center for research in alternative energy in New Jersey. He has conducted extensive research on alternative energy and has his own patent for a solar energy device. Holt was also a five-time winner of the game show "Jeopardy."

An active Member of Congress and a strong voice for his constituents, Rep. Holt serves on two committees, including the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Holt is the only scientist and only Member from the New Jersey delegation to sit on the Intelligence Committee. Holt is well regarded by his colleagues who have appointed him to the Leadership as an At-Large Whip. He has also had the honor to serve on the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century chaired by former Senator and astronaut John Glenn and currently sits on several caucuses, including those on Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development, Alzheimer's, Diabetes, Biomedical Research, India and Indian-Americans, Hellenic and Greek-American affairs, Farmland Protection, Human Rights, and a Woman's Right to Choose. Rep. Holt is also a member of the New Democrat Coalition.

In only a short time, Rep. Holt has won several significant victories in Washington. He helped secure more than $700 million in new federal funding for science and technology research. He passed an amendment to the Land and Water Conservation Fund providing millions in funding for protecting open space and he was instrumental in adding the lower Delaware River to the National Wild and Scenic River program. He also initiated a federal study to map the gene sequences of all potential biological weapons to help first-responders and law enforcement react more effectively in the event of biological attack and he commissioned a Congressional investigation into the care at 91 nursing homes in New Jersey following up on reports of negligence.

Rep. Holt has brought significant federal resources to New Jersey. He helped secure $5.6 million for security improvements at the Naval Weapons Station Earle in Monmouth County, $2 million to establish a Land Use Municipal Resource Center to help local communities fight sprawl, and $500,000 for Hunterdon Medical Center to improve its emergency room facilities. Holt has also helped secure more than a hundred million dollars to improve roads, build libraries, and protect historic sites in the five counties he represents.

Throughout New Jersey's 12th district, Rep. Holt has developed a reputation as a tireless advocate for his constituents. He has opened over five thousand formal investigations on behalf of constituents who have contacted his office. He has also made hundreds of school visits and held dozens of town meetings and forums on topics such as Homeland Security, Alternative Energy, Economic Growth, Prescription Drugs, Student Aid, Privacy, Long-Term Care, and Sprawl.

Rep. Holt has received numerous awards and citations for his work, including the Planned Parenthood Community Service Award, the Biotech Legislator of the Year, and the Science Coalition's Champion of Science award. The magazine Scientific-American has also named Holt one of the 50 national "visionaries" contributing to "a brighter technological future."

Rep. Holt is married to Margaret Lancefield, a physician and Medical Director of the Princeton charity care clinic. They have three grown children, Michael, Dejan and Rachel, and four grandchildren, Noah, Niala, Boaz, and Varun.




JOB APPROVAL POLLS
DateFirmApproveDisapproveDon't Know
10/25/2010-10/27/2010 Monmouth University 51.00% ( 3.0) 39.00% ( 3.0) 10.00% ( 0.0)
10/10/2010-10/12/2010 Monmouth University 48.00% ( 0.0) 42.00% ( 0.0) 10.00% ( 0.0)

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NEWS
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DISCUSSION
Importance? 6.75000 Average

FAMILY
Father Rush D. Holt 1905-1955
Grandfather Mathew S. Holt 1850-1939
Mother Helen F. Holt 1913-2015

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  08/13/2013 NJ US Senate - Special D Primary Lost 16.76% (-42.40%)
  11/06/2012 NJ District 12 Won 69.22% (+39.73%)
  06/05/2012 NJ District 12- D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/2010 NJ - District 12 Won 53.05% (+7.15%)
  06/08/2010 NJ District 12 - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/2008 NJ - District 12 Won 63.12% (+27.80%)
  06/03/2008 NJ District 12 - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/2006 NJ - District 12 Won 65.70% (+31.40%)
  06/06/2006 NJ District 12 - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/2004 NJ - District 12 Won 59.25% (+19.56%)
  11/05/2002 NJ District 12 Won 61.04% (+24.38%)
  11/07/2000 NJ District 12 Won 48.73% (+0.22%)
  06/03/2000 NJ District 12 - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1998 NJ District 12 Won 50.12% (+2.87%)
  06/02/1998 NJ District 12 - D Primary Won 63.58% (+27.16%)
  06/04/1996 NJ District 12 - D Primary Lost 23.50% (-21.60%)
SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN
  06/03/2014 NJ US Senate - D Primary Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
ENDORSEMENTS
ME District 01 - D Primary - Jun 10, 2008 D Chellie Pingree
NJ US Senate - D Primary - Jun 03, 2008 D Frank Lautenberg
NJ Governor - D Primary - Jun 07, 2005 D Jon S. Corzine
NJ US President - D Primary - Jun 08, 2004 D Howard Dean
FEC COMMITTEES
C00313684 Rush Holt for Congress $ 50052.65