Mike Ferguson (New Jersey politician)
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 7th district |
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In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Franks |
| Succeeded by | Leonard Lance |
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July 22, 1970 Ridgewood, New Jersey |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Maureen Ferguson |
| Residence | New Providence, New Jersey |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame, Georgetown University |
| Occupation | School teacher/administrator, Legislator |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Michael A. "Mike" Ferguson (born July 22, 1970) is an American Republican Party politician who served as member of the United States House of Representatives representing New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 2001 to 2009.
Ferguson was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Ferguson is the son of Thomas Ferguson, former chairman and CEO of CommonHealth USA, a healthcare marketing and communications group. He attended the Delbarton School, the University of Notre Dame and has an M.P.P. from the Georgetown University.
Before running for Congress he worked as a teacher at a private school, and worked as a part-time as an instructor at a community college.
Ferguson originally sought office in the 6th Congressional District in 1998, but was defeated by Democratic incumbent Frank Pallone. In 1999, Ferguson moved to the 7th district where Republican incumbent Bob Franks had announced his retirement to run for the United States Senate. Ferguson defeated Thomas Kean Jr. in the 2000 congressional primary. He engaged in a difficult election campaign against the Democratic candidate, former Fanwood mayor Maryanne Connelly but won the election, receiving 50% of the vote. At 30 years old, Ferguson was the youngest member of the New Jersey Congressional delegation.
Ferguson initially was a Member of the House Financial Services Committee, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and the Small Business Committee. Early in his career he played an active role in committee hearings on corporate accounting scandals at Enron and Worldcom, and cosponsored the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. He also served on the House-Senate conference committee which produced the first terrorism risk insurance law in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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