Josh Gottheimer

Gottheimer was born in Essex County, New Jersey and graduated from West Essex Senior High School.[1] He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from Harvard Law School. Gottheimer worked as a speech writer under former President Bill Clinton (D), assisting with two State of the Union addresses, among other projects. He later worked on Wesley Clark's and John Kerry's presidential campaigns. Before running for Congress, he worked for Microsoft as a general manager for corporate strategy and as senior counselor to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.[2][1]

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During the 2016 election cycle Gottheimer was one of the candidates endorsed by President Barack Obama

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The following issues were listed on Gottheimer's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

Bringing New Businesses and Jobs to the District: From our property and local taxes, to our state and federal taxes, homeowners here pay some of the highest taxes in the nation. It’s part of the reason we’ve seen people and companies, small and large, packing up and leaving town, and taking good-paying jobs and their investment with them. In the last few years alone, we’ve lost part or all of Sony, Mercedes, and Hertz – as well as so many small and medium size businesses that have had to close up shop, too.

Reducing Tax Rates, Cutting Regulations, & Repealing the Garrett Tax: When you add up our local, property, state, and federal taxes, one thing is clear: Our tax code is a mess and it’s crushing our residents and pushing dozens of businesses out of our state — taking jobs and dollars with them. We have the third highest corporate tax rate in the world; twice as many US companies have moved overseas to escape our high taxes in the last ten years than in the twenty years prior.

Fixing Our Roads, Bridges, Tunnels and Trains: The American Society for Civil Engineers gives the US a D+ when it comes to our infrastructure. New Jersey would have an even poorer grade. One-third of New Jersey’s bridges are considered unsafe for travel, and driving on our deteriorating roads costs drivers an average of $1,951 a year. NJ Transit has the second-worst breakdown record in America and yet, the prices keep going up. Each year, the average commuter in our state spends $605 dollars fixing their cars from pothole damage and $861 dollars sitting in traffic. That’s time away from the dinner table with our families, and money out of our pockets.

Civil Rights: As I learned growing up, we were all created in the image of God. I believe that everyone should be treated equally no matter what their background, race, sexual orientation, or station in life. We will only succeed as a nation if everyone is included and treated with respect and dignity. It’s what built America and allowed our economy and culture to flourish. I will fight to defend the hard-won victories enshrined in the Voting Rights Act. I will also work for prison reform for nonviolent offenders, an area with great bipartisan support. We waste massive amounts of money on strategies that make our communities less, not more, safe.

Securing Medicare & Social Security: Our seniors shouldn’t have to worry that their Social Security checks, which they worked hard for, will always clear and that Medicare will be available to them. I promise to protect Social Security and Medicare for future generations and will oppose any attempt to privatize or cut the benefits of these essential programs. Instead, we should make our current programs more sustainable for future generations. Social Security and Medicare are the foundation of our retirement security; it should be a guarantee – not a gamble.

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—Josh Gottheimer's campaign website, http://josh4congress.com/issues/