Jeff Van Drew NJ-02

Jeff Van Drew

Summary

Current Position: US Representative of NJ District 2 since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Former Positions: State Senator from 2008 – 2018; State Delegate from 2002 – 2008
District:  Southern New Jersey

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It is unconscionable to think that this Administration has no problem housing illegal immigrants, paid with our tax dollars, but will not allow the Canadian border to be open for those wanting to travel for business or vacation.

Formerly a Democrat, he has been a member of the Republican Party since 2020. Van Drew operated a dental practice in South Jersey for 30 years before retiring.

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Jeff Van Drew 2A lifelong advocate for South Jersey, Jeff Van Drew is delivering results for veterans, seniors, consumers and children.

On November 3rd, 2020, constituents in New Jerseys Second Congressional District elected Jeff Van Drew to represent them in the United States House of Representatives for his second term. He was sworn in on January 3rd, 2021.

Before getting elected to Congress, Congressman Van Drew previously served four terms in the New Jersey State Senate. He has earned a reputation as a strong advocate for southern New Jersey municipalities, but especially for veterans, senior citizens and consumers. He demonstrates a willingness to work on a bipartisan basis, addressing issues of vital concern to the residents of his district. Congressman Van Drew recently retired from dentistry after 30 years of practice in South Jersey. He and his wife have two children and one grandchild, and reside in Dennis Township.

Personal

Full Name: Jefferson ‘Jeff’ Van Drew

Gender: Male

Family:  Wife: Ricarda; 2 Children

Birth Date: 02/23/1953

Birth Place: New York City, NY

Home City:  Dennis Township, NJ

Religion:  Catholic

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Education

DDS, Farleigh Dickinson University Dental School, 1979

BS, Rutgers University, 1974

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, New Jersey, District 2, 2019-present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New Jersey, District 2, 2022

Senator, New Jersey State Senate, District 1, 2008-2019

Assembly Member, New Jersey General Assembly, District 1, 2002-2007

Assistant Majority Leader, New Jersey State Assembly, 2006-2007

Mayor, Dennis Township, 1994-1995, 1997-2003

Member, Cape May County Board of Freeholders, 1994-1997

Offices

Washington, DC Office
2447 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6572
Mays Landing Office
5914 Main Street
Suite 103
Mays Landing, NJ 08330
Phone: (609) 625-5008

Contact

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Politics

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Finances

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Committees

House Homeland Security

– House Homeland Security Committee Intelligence and Counterterrorism Subcommittee

– House Homeland Security Committee Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

– House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Aviation Subcommittee

– House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee

New Legislation

Learn more about legislation sponsored and co-sponsored by Representative Van Drew.

Issues

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Community Project Funding Requests

Maurice River Navigation Dredging

Requested Amount: $4.01 million

Intended Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia

Congress

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Coronavirus

Information on the coronavirus outbreak

Economy

The Great Recession, coupled with the collapse of four casinos and the loss of 10,000 jobs, hit South Jersey harder than almost any other region in the United States.

Immigration

America is a place of hope and opportunity where you can work hard, support your family and create a better life. That dream has become increasingly harder to reach because of our broken immigration system, and we need new approaches that are tough, practical, and fair.

Israel

There is arguably no more important relationship in the world than that of the United States of America and Israel. Our two countries have had a unique relationship since President Truman was the first Head of State to formally recognize the State of Israel in May 1948

Net Neutrality

As a longtime advocate for consumer protections, Representative Van Drew strongly supports net neutrality. The attacks on net neutrality directly drive up costs for consumers, shortchange innovation, and limit our freedom.

Education and College Affordability

Education is the essence of American opportunity. A quality education levels the playing field and makes the system fair, but it has become unaffordable for so many South Jersey families.

Energy

Read relevant news, information and initiatives regarding Energy.

Healthcare

As a Dentist, Representative Van Drew has a firsthand understanding of the American healthcare system and the need to make it both accessible and affordable.

Veterans & Military

There is no commitment more important to our country than that of defending it, as millions of brave men and women have done. Our veterans are the heroes of our nation and deserve to be treated as such for being staunch defenders of our freedom.

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District

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New Jersey’s 2nd congressional district, based in Southern New Jersey, is represented by Republican Jeff Van Drew. He was first elected as a Democrat in 2018, but announced on December 19, 2019, that he would be switching parties. The district, which is New Jersey’s largest geographically, is a Republican-leaning seat that has shifted to the right since the late 2010s.

Wikipedia

In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Drew.

Jefferson H. Van Drew (born February 23, 1953)[4] is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey’s 2nd congressional district since 2019. Formerly a Democrat, he has been a member of the Republican Party since 2020.

Before being elected to Congress, Van Drew held several public offices, including fire commissioner, town committee member, Mayor of Dennis Township, New Jersey, and Cape May County Freeholder. He represented New Jersey’s 1st legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2008, and represented the same district in the New Jersey Senate from 2008 to 2018.

Van Drew was the Democratic nominee in New Jersey’s 2nd congressional district in the 2018 election. He was elected with 52.9% of the vote to Republican Seth Grossman’s 45.2%. After opposing the first impeachment of Donald Trump, Van Drew joined the Republican Party shortly afterward. He was reelected in 2020, defeating Democratic challenger Amy Kennedy. Van Drew later supported the unsuccessful attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election.

Early life, education, and career

Van Drew was born in New York City. He graduated with a B.S. from Rutgers University and received a D.M.D. degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University.[5]

Van Drew operated a dental practice in South Jersey for 30 years before retiring.[6]

Early political career

Van Drew served on the Dennis Township Committee in 1991, and as mayor from 1994 to 1995 and from 1997 to 2003. He served on the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1994 to 1997 and from 2000 to 2002.[7] He was a Dennis Township Fire Commissioner from 1983 to 1986.[5]

In 1994, as a Cape May County Freeholder, Van Drew made support for a local community college a major campaign issue. In 2002, ground was broken on the site of the future Atlantic Cape Community College campus in Cape May County.[8]

Van Drew was a member of the Democratic Party while a local officeholder.[9]

New Jersey Legislature

Van Drew represented the 1st Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2008. He represented the same district in the New Jersey Senate from 2008 to 2018.[10][5][better source needed] He was a Democrat during this period.[9]

On November 6, 2007, Van Drew was elected to the New Jersey Senate, defeating Republican incumbent Nicholas Asselta.[11] In November 2011, Van Drew defeated Republican challenger David S. DeWeese, 24,557 votes to 20,857.[12] He was reelected in 2013, defeating Upper Township Republican businesswoman Susan Adelizzi Schmidt by 20 points.[13]

For the 2018–19 session, Van Drew served in the Senate on the Community and Urban Affairs Committee (as chair), the Military and Veterans’ Affairs (as vice chair), the Joint Committee on Housing Affordability and the Intergovernmental Relations Commission.[5] In 2008, he sponsored the Fair Market Drug Pricing Act to establish the “New Jersey Rx Card Program to reduce prescription drug prices.”[14]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

Van Drew during the 116th Congress

2018

See also: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey § District 2

New Jersey’s 2nd congressional district had been represented by Republican Frank LoBiondo since 1995, who served 11 terms before announcing his retirement on November 7, 2017. The district is the southernmost in New Jersey and the state’s largest by area, encompassing rural farms from Salem County to the Jersey Shore and Atlantic City. President Barack Obama won the district in 2008 and 2012, and President Donald Trump won in 2016. Upon LoBiondo’s retirement announcement, The Cook Political Report changed the district’s rating in the 2018 midterms from “Safe Republican” to “Toss-Up”.[15][16][17]

On November 29, 2017, Van Drew announced he would run for the open seat, aiming “to bring economic opportunity and good jobs to South Jersey.”[18] Eight county chairs in the district endorsed him, as did New Jersey Democratic leader George Norcross.[17] In February 2018, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee included Van Drew in its Red to Blue program, which provided resources and donors to candidates in districts that were targeted to be flipped from Republican to Democratic.[19] In the June 5 primary, Van Drew faced William Cunningham, Tanzie Youngblood,[15] and Nate Kleinman.[20] Sean Thom dropped out ahead of the primary.[21] As of May 16, Van Drew had raised $412,555 for his campaign.[22] Van Drew won the primary with 55.4% of the vote. The same night, former Atlantic County Freeholder Seth Grossman won the Republican nomination.[23]

After Van Drew’s primary win, The Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball changed the district’s rating to “Likely Democratic”.[24][25] In the November 6 general election, Van Drew defeated Grossman, 52.9%-45.2%.[26] His district was one of four New Jersey congressional districts to flip from Republican to Democratic in 2018.[27]

2020

See also: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey § District 2

In late November 2019, Van Drew vowed that he would remain a Democrat even though he opposed Trump’s impeachment.[28] In December 2019, it was reported that Van Drew was considering switching to the Republican Party for the 2020 elections,[29][30][31] after internal polling showed his stance against Trump’s impeachment imperiled him with Democratic voters in his district.[32] After a private meeting between Van Drew and Trump,[33] most of his senior aides resigned in protest.[34][35] The planned conversion was met with praise and criticism by members of both parties.[36][37] After reports that he was planning to switch parties, the Blue Dog Coalition, a caucus of fiscally conservative Democrats, dropped him from their ranks.[38] The Cook Political Report changed the rating for the district from “Toss-up” to “Leans Republican” on December 16.[39] On December 19, Van Drew announced that he would join the Republican Party.[40]

Van Drew hired former Trump administration political director Bill Stepien as a campaign adviser.[41] Van Drew officially switched his party affiliation on January 7, 2020.[42] On January 28, Trump held a rally for Van Drew at the Wildwoods Convention Center, joined by Van Drew, State Senators Chris Brown and Mike Testa, and White House counselor Kellyanne Conway.[43]

After the primary, Van Drew became the Republican nominee and faced Democratic nominee Amy Kennedy.[44] In August 2020, the Cook Political Report rated the congressional race a “toss up”. On August 27, Van Drew spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention, discussing his discomfort in his relationship with his former Democratic colleagues in the House and why he supported Trump’s reelection.[45] Van Drew defeated Kennedy in the general election, 52% to 46%, or by about 20,000 votes.[46]

2022

See also: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey § District 2

Van Drew ran for reelection in the 2022 elections.[47] He won the primary with 82% of the vote, defeating two challengers for the Republican nomination.[48] He won the general election with 59.3% of the vote to Democratic nominee Tim Alexander’s 39.6%.[49]

2024

On December 8, 2023, Van Drew announced his intention to run for re-election in the 2024 elections. In doing so, he declined running for the U.S. Senate, saying, “I’m humbled that so many of you have asked me to run for U.S. Senate. For a guy from Dennis Township, it’s pretty special to be asked to run for one of the highest offices in our land.”[50]

Tenure

Van Drew in October 2019

Van Drew was the first Democrat to represent the district since 1995.[27]

Van Drew said during his campaign that, if elected, he would not support Nancy Pelosi to be the next Speaker of the House.[51][52] His first vote in Congress was “no” for Speaker which was recorded as “present” under the rules.[53]

In October 2019, he announced that he would oppose the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.[54] On October 31, 2019, he and Collin Peterson were the only Democrats to vote against the rules for an impeachment inquiry against Trump.[55][56] He was also one of two Democrats to vote against both articles of impeachment on December 18, 2019, along with Peterson,[57] although it had already been leaked before the vote that he was planning to switch parties.[58]

Before switching parties, Van Drew voted in line with Democrats 89.7% of the time during his tenure in Congress.[59]

On December 19, 2019, Van Drew publicly announced his decision to join the Republican Party, telling Trump that he had his “undying support.” As a result, Trump endorsed him for reelection.[60][40] Van Drew officially switched his party affiliation on January 7, 2020.[42]

In December 2020, Van Drew was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania,[61] a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated Trump, though the filing erroneously placed Van Drew as representing a district in South Carolina.[62] On January 6, 2021, Van Drew was one of 147 Republican lawmakers who objected to the certification of electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol and forced an emergency recess of Congress.[63] Van Drew says he received a death threat from a journalist because of the objection.[64]

On February 4, 2021, Van Drew voted against removing Marjorie Taylor Greene from her positions on the House Budget and the Education and Labor committees over comments she had made and conspiracy theories she had espoused.[65]

In May 2021, Van Drew joined a majority of Republicans who voted to oust Liz Cheney from House Republican leadership, saying, “she is not providing the leadership that would create unity within our caucus and it’s very important as we go into the next election, it’s very important as we deal with policy issues, that we are unified and we are strong, and I don’t think that brand and style of leadership that she used was creating that but rather was splitting people apart.”[66]

On November 5, 2021, Van Drew and 12 other House Republicans broke with their party to vote with a majority of Democrats for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.[67]

Political positions

Foreign and defense policy

In September 2021, Van Drew was among 135 House Republicans to vote for the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022, which contains a provision that would require women to register for the draft.[68][69]

In July 2021, Van Drew voted for the bipartisan ALLIES Act, which would increase by 8,000 the number of special immigrant visas for Afghan allies of the U.S. military during its invasion of Afghanistan, while also reducing some application requirements that caused long application backlogs; the bill passed the House, 407–16.[70][71]

Van Drew voted against H.R. 7691, the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022, which would provide $40 billion in emergency aid to the Ukrainian government.[72]

Van Drew was one of 18 Republicans to vote against Sweden and Finland joining NATO.[73]

LGBT rights

In 2021, Van Drew co-sponsored the Fairness for All Act, the Republican alternative to the Equality Act.[74] The bill would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity, and protect the free exercise of religion.

In 2021, Van Drew was one of 29 Republicans to vote to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.[75] The bill expanded legal protections for transgender people, and contained provisions allowing transgender women to use women’s shelters and serve time in prisons matching their gender identity.[76]

Van Drew was one of 31 Republicans to vote for the LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act.[77]

On July 19, 2022, Van Drew and 46 other Republican representatives voted for the Respect for Marriage Act, which would codify the right to same-sex marriage in federal law.[78] On December 8, 2022, he voted against the final passage of the Respect for Marriage Act as amended by the US Senate.[79][80][81]

In 2023, Van Drew sponsored H.R.216, the My Child, My Choice Act,[82] which would revoke federal education funding for schools that do not require teachers to obtain written parental consent before teaching lessons specifically related to gender identity, sexual orientation, or transgender studies, and for other purposes.

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

Van Drew was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.[83]

Committee assignments

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Former

Caucus memberships

Political positions

In his run for State Senate in 2007, Van Drew remarked, “I’m proud to be a Democrat because to me it always represented working people, middle-class people and issues of compassion.” He represented Republican-leaning Cape May County in the assembly, and accordingly took politically moderate positions.[85] He was one of the most conservative Democrats in the state senate.[86] As of January 2021, FiveThirtyEight, which tracks congressional votes, reports that Van Drew voted with Trump 27.5% of the time.[87] During the 116th Congress he voted with Trump’s position 25% of the time and in the 117th Congress, he voted with Trump’s position 100% of the time.[88] As of November 2022, he had voted with Biden’s position in Congress 24% of the time.[89]

During his congressional primary campaign, Van Drew had a 100% rating from the National Rifle Association of America (NRA).[90] In 2007 and 2008, he received $2,700 from the National Shooting Sports Foundation, and in 2008, he received $1,000 from the NRA.[91] In 2010, Van Drew sponsored legislation that would allow residents to carry a handgun after going through a background check, taking a firearms training course, passing a test, and paying a $500 fee.[92] In 2013, he was the only Democrat to vote against a series of ten gun control bills after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.[93] Van Drew also voiced support for expanded background checks and the regulation for silencers. Despite his pro-gun stance, the gun-control group Moms Demand Action designated Van Drew a “Gun Sense Candidate”.[91]

In 2012, while serving in the State Senate, Van Drew was one of two Democrats to vote against a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in New Jersey.[94] During his 2013 reelection campaign, the socially conservative nonprofit group New Jersey Family First sent out flyers stating that Van Drew “supports traditional marriage and letting the people vote on the definition of marriage”, while his Republican opponent Susan Adelizzi Schmidt was supportive of same-sex marriage.[95] In 2022, Van Drew initially voted for the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act; however, he later reversed that position and voted against the final passage of the Respect for Marriage Act as amended by the US Senate.[79][81]

Also in 2012, Van Drew was the only Democrat to vote against raising the state minimum wage above the federal minimum wage of $7.25.[96] On his campaign website, he highlighted his support for fully funding the Children’s Health Insurance Program and protecting net neutrality.[97] Van Drew also supported a state constitutional amendment requiring parental approval for abortions, which he later withdrew. As state senator, he also withdrew sponsorship of a bill to reinstate the death penalty in the state, which he had favored while serving as a state assemblyman.[97][98]

Van Drew opposes offshore drilling on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, he joined Republican John Rutherford to introduce the Atlantic Coastal Economies Protection Act, which would prohibit seismic air gun testing in the Atlantic Ocean.[99] Van Drew previously voted to withdraw from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative[97] and supported the construction of a pipeline through the Pinelands.[100]

In 2020, Van Drew said that he was pro-choice but opposed late-term abortions,[101] and in 2018, he expressed his support for Roe v. Wade (the landmark decision that legalized abortion nationwide), saying, “any efforts to weaken or undermine [abortion rights] will face my fierce opposition.”[102][103] In 2022, Van Drew criticized those responsible for leaking Justice Samuel Alito’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization draft opinion, saying, “This is a clear effort to inflict public backlash of a Supreme Court decision to intimidate the justices to reverse their position”.[104] After the Supreme Court overturned Roe, his office issued a press release saying that Van Drew supports the overturning of Roe and letting the states set abortion law.[105][106][107] In a 2022 debate, he said, “Personally I am pro-life.”[108]

Electoral history

United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJeff Van Drew (incumbent) 139,217 58.9
DemocraticTim Alexander94,52240.0
Total votes236,484 100.0
Republican hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2020[46]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJeff Van Drew (incumbent) 195,526 51.9
DemocraticAmy Kennedy173,84946.2
Total votes376,547 100.0
Republican hold
August 9, 2020 Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJeff Van Drew (incumbent) 45,226 82.4
RepublicanBob Patterson9,69117.6
United States House of Representatives elections, 2018[109]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJeff Van Drew 125,755 52.9%
RepublicanSeth Grossman110,49145.2%
LibertarianJohn Ordille1,6310.6%
IndependentSteven Fencihel1,0460.4%
IndependentAnthony Parisi Sanchez9640.4%
IndependentWilliam R. Benfer8160.4%
Total votes240,703 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican
June 5, 2018 Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJeff Van Drew 15,654 55.4
DemocraticTanzira “Tanzie” Youngblood5,41719.2
DemocraticWilliam Cunningham4,73916.8
DemocraticNate Kleinman2,4438.6
Total votes28,253 100
2017 New Jersey State Senate District 1 Election[110]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJeff Van Drew (incumbent) 35,464 64.8%
RepublicanMary Gruccio18,58934.0%
IndependentAnthony Parisi Sanchez6521.2%
Democratic hold
2013 New Jersey State Senate District 1 Election[111]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJeff Van Drew (incumbent) 34,624 59.4%
RepublicanSusan Adelizzi Schmidt22,83539.2%
IndependentTom Greto8251.4%
Democratic hold
2011 New Jersey State Senate District 1 Election[12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJeff Van Drew (incumbent) 24,557 54.0
RepublicanDavid S. DeWeese20,85745.9
Democratic hold
2007 New Jersey State Senate District 1 Election[112]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJeff Van Drew 28,240 55.7
RepublicanNicholas Asselta (incumbent)22,46944.3
Democratic gain from Republican

Personal life

Van Drew and his wife, Ricarda, have two children.[113] He is a resident of Dennis Township.[114] Van Drew has served as president of the New Jersey Dental Society and a board expert of the New Jersey Board of Dentistry.[115]

Van Drew is a Freemason[116] at Cannon Lodge No. 104 in South Seaville, New Jersey.[117] Van Drew identifies his religion as being a Roman Catholic.[118]

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Gary Jessel
 Member of the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders
1995–1998		Succeeded by

Mark Videtto
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Mark Videtto
 Member of the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders
2001–2002		Succeeded by

Leonard C. Desiderio
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 Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 1st district
2002–2008
Served alongside: Nicholas Asselta, John C. Gibson, Nelson Albano		Succeeded by

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 Member of the New Jersey Senate
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from New Jersey’s 2nd congressional district
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