Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (born October 15, 1948, Weston, West Virginia) is an American Democratic Party politician and the current U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. He is currently the only Quaker in the Congress. Holt is considered a possible candidate for Senate in 2008 if he decides to run against Frank Lautenberg in the primary.^[1] Holt Sr. was the youngest person ever to be elected to the U.S. Senate, at age 29. He died of cancer when Rush was six years old. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... New Jerseys Twelfth Congressional district is currently represented by Democrat Rush D. Holt Jr. ... The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Michael J. Pappas is a former Republican Congressman from New Jersey. ... is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Weston is a city in Lewis County, West Virginia along the West Fork River. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... -1... is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Weston is a city in Lewis County, West Virginia along the West Fork River. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... New Jerseys Twelfth Congressional district is currently represented by Democrat Rush D. Holt Jr. ... A congressional district is an electoral constituency that elects a single member of a congress. ... -1... The New Jersey Senate election of 2008 will be held on November 4, 2008. ... Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (born January 23, 1924) is a businessman and Democratic Party politician. ... Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ...

Holt graduated with a BA degree in physics from Carleton College in Minnesota, and holds MS and PhD degrees in physics from New York University. A B.A. issused as a certificate Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... Skinner Memorial Chapel, Carleton College Carleton College is an independent, non-sectarian, coeducational liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The school was founded on November 14, 1866, by the Minnesota Conference of Congregational Churches as Northfield College. ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  Ranked 12th  - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 8. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ...

Holt served as a faculty member at Swarthmore College from 1980 to 1988 where he taught physics, public policy, and religion courses. During that time, he also worked as a Congressional Science Fellow for U.S. Representative Bob Edgar of Pennsylvania. From 1987 until 1989, Holt headed the Nuclear and Scientific Division of the Office of Strategic Forces at the U.S. Department of State. Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,450 students. ... Rev. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ...

From 1989 until his successful congressional campaign in 1998, Holt was the Assistant Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University, the University's largest research facility and the largest center for energy research in New Jersey. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory for plasma physics and nuclear fusion science. ... Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States of America. ...

Holt is married to Margaret Lancefield, a physician and Medical Director of the charity clinic of the University Medical Center at Princeton. They have three grown children: Michael, Dejan and Rachel; and six grandchildren: Noah, Niala, Boaz, Varun, Cecile, and Rohan.

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Holt's first race was in 1996, where he finished in third place in the Democratic party primary. Holt ran again in 1998 and won the primary, pitting him against conservative Congressman Mike Pappas in the general election. Pappas' campaign experienced a setback after he read a poem, set to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", praising Kenneth Starr on the floor of the House of Representatives. Holt won the election by a 51-48% margin, becoming the first Democrat to represent the district in two decades.^[2] The U.S. House election, 1996 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1996 which coincided with the re-election of Bill Clinton as President. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... A primary election is an election in which voters in a jurisdiction select candidates for a subsequent election (nominating primary). ... Michael J. Pappas is a former Republican Congressman from New Jersey. ... Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is one of the popular English nursery rhymes. ... Kenneth Winston Starr Kenneth Winston Starr (born July 21, 1946) is an American lawyer and former judge who was appointed to the Office of the Independent Counsel to investigate the death of the deputy White House counsel Vince Foster and the Whitewater land transactions by President Bill Clinton. ... The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. ...

Holt was challenged by former Republican Congressman Dick Zimmer in the 2000 election; Holt's prior win was thought by Republicans to be a fluke, and the race attracted considerable money and advertising. The election was hotly contested, with Zimmer ahead on election night, but Holt ahead the next day. Ten days after the election, Holt declared himself the winner by 481 votes. Zimmer challenged the results, but conceded after the count began to go against him.^[3][4] Richard A. Dick Zimmer is an American politician of the Republican Party. ... The elections for the United States House of Representatives in 2000 coincided with the disputed election of George W. Bush as President. ...

Redistricting before the 2002 elections made Holt safer, in part by adding much of Trenton. While Holt faced a fairly well-funded challenge from New Jersey Secretary of State Buster Soaries, an African-American, he defeated Soaries handily with 61% of the vote. He was reelected again in 2004 over Bill Spadea (59-41%) and in 2006 over former Helmetta, New Jersey Council President Joseph Sinagra (65-35%). The process known as redistricting in the United States and redistribution in many Commonwealth countries is the changing of political borders (in many countries, specifically the electoral district/constituency boundaries) usually in response to periodic census results. ... The Elections for the United States House of Representatives on 5 November 2002 was in the middle of President George W. Bushs first term. ... Location of Trenton inside of Mercer County Coordinates: Country United States State New Jersey County Mercer County Founded circa 1719 Government  - Mayor Douglas H. Palmer Area  - City  8. ... Reverend DeForest B. Soaries is an American Baptist minister, politician, author, and public advocate, from Franklin Park, New Jersey. ... Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... Summary of party change of U.S. house seats in the 2004 House election. ... Bill Spadea was the Republican nominee for United States Congress in New Jerseys 12th congressional district in 2004. ... President Bush meets with Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer (then House Minority Leader and Minority Whip, respectively) at the Oval Office in the White House. ... Helmetta is a Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. ... Joseph Sinagra (born December 20, 1946, New Brunswick, New Jersey) is and American Republican Party politician, who is the candidate for the United States House of Representatives in New Jerseys 12th congressional district. ...

On May 22, 2003, Holt introduced legislation to require electronic voting machines to produce a paper record in time for the 2004 elections. The bill entitled Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2003 is designed to address concerns that there is no way to verify vote counts on electronic touch screen voting machines, should a similar situation arise as did in Florida during the 2000 presidential election. At the first meeting of the 110th Congress Rush Holt was the first Congressman to bring an issue to the Speaker. He has been active in contested elections especially the current one in Florida. is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Electronic voting machine by Diebold Election Systems used in all Brazilian elections and plebiscites. ... The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2003 (VCIAA) bill was introduced to the House on May 22, 2003 as H.R. 2239 by Rush D. Holt, Jr. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... Presidential electoral votes. ... The 110th United States Congress will be in session from noon on January 3, 2007 until noon on January 3, 2009. ...

Rush Holt is a member of the New Democrat Coalition. The New Democrat Coalition is an organization within the United States House of Representatives, currently chaired by Representatives Jim Davis of Florida, Ron Kind of Wisconsin, and Adam Smith of Washington. ...

In Congress, Holt serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and was appointed Chairman of the Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at the start of the 110th Congress. Congressman Holt is the only representative from New Jersey to serve on the committee. ^[5]He also serves on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Holt received a grade of 100% on the progressive Drum Major Institute's 2005 Congressional Scorecard on middle-class issues.^[6] The U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is a committee of the United States House of Representatives, currently chaired by Peter Hoekstra. ... Nancy Patricia DAlesandro Pelosi (born March 26, 1940) is currently the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. ... The 110th United States Congress will be in session from noon on January 3, 2007 until noon on January 3, 2009. ... The Committee on Education and Labor is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. ... The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy is a non-partisan, non-profit policy institute founded during the civil rights movement. ...

His focus on environmental issues has led him to produce campaign bumper stickers whose predominant color is green. His scientific background has led to them reading, "My Congressman IS a rocket scientist!"

References

External links

• U.S. Representative Rush Holt official House site
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Federal Election Commission — Rush D Holt campaign finance reports and data
• On the Issues — Rush Holt issue positions and quotes
• OpenSecrets.org — Rush Holt campaign contributions
• Project Vote Smart — Representative Rush D. Holt Jr. (NJ) profile
• SourceWatch Congresspedia — Rush Holt profile
• Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Rush Holt voting record
• Re-Elect Congressman Rush Holt official campaign site