Rush D. Holt, Jr.
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 12th district |
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In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Pappas |
| Succeeded by | Bonnie Watson Coleman |
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Rush Dew Holt Jr. October 15, 1948 Weston, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Lancefield |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
Carleton College (BS) New York University (MS, PhD) |
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| Website | AAAS website |
Rush Dew Holt Jr. (born October 15, 1948) is an American scientist and politician. He was the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district from 1999 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party and son of former Senator Rush D. Holt Sr. He worked as a professor of public policy and physics, and during his tenure in Congress he was one of two physicists and the only Quaker there.
Holt sought the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in the 2013 special primary election to fill the seat of U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg, who died in office on June 3, 2013. He lost the nomination to Newark Mayor Cory Booker. Holt announced on February 18, 2014 that he would not seek re-election in 2014.
As of February 2015, Holt became chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and executive publisher of the Science family of journals.
Holt was born to Rush D. Holt Sr. (1905–1955), who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia (1935–1941), and his wife, Helen Louise Froelich Holt (1913–2015), the first woman to be appointed Secretary of State of West Virginia (1957–1959). Holt Sr. was the youngest person ever to be popularly elected to the U.S. Senate, at age 29. He died of cancer when Rush was six years old.
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