Rush Holt has served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District since 1999. Prior to his election, he was Assistant Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. His priorities in Congress include improving education and our national security.

A former State Department employee and five-time Jeopardy! champion, Holt is an expert on scientific advances and natural resources. Holt has worked to create an open atmosphere when it comes to elections, sponsoring legislation that would mandate voting machines provide a paper-printout that can be consulted in contested elections.

A strong supporter of LGBT rights, Representative Holt is a Cosponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the Student Non-Discrimination Act, the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009, which would repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.