Jeff Van Drew

Jeff Van Drew spent 30 years running a dental practice in South Jersey before retiring from that work.¹ He and his wife live in Dennis Township and have two children and grandchildren.¹ Born in New York City, he earned a bachelor's degree at Rutgers and a dental medicine degree at Fairleigh Dickinson University.²

His work in dentistry included serving as an expert for the New Jersey Board of Dentistry.² His local government career included Dennis Township's committee and mayor's office, the county freeholder board and service as a fire commissioner.² As a county official, he advocated for a community college campus in Cape May County.²

Van Drew served three terms in the state Assembly and four in the state Senate before entering Congress in 2019.¹ Elected to the House as a Democrat in 2018, he subsequently joined the Republican Party.³ His current assignments include Judiciary and Transportation and Infrastructure, and his legislative agenda includes a proposal to stop taxing military pensions.¹³

He seeks a fifth House term against Democrat Zack Mullock and independent Ramon Mora Jr.³ His campaign puts household affordability first, emphasizing federal tax cuts, lower utility costs and protecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.³ He supports Israel's right to defend itself and wants the Iran conflict ended quickly while preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons.³