Jefferson Van Drew
Republican · NJ-2 · U.S. House
Bio
Jefferson H. Van Drew is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district since 2019. He was first elected as a Democrat and later switched to the Republican Party in 2020.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 7.6 years
- First took office
- 2019 (4 terms)
- Seniority
- 216 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 73
- Northfield, NJ · 609-625-5008
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Jefferson Van Drew's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Jefferson Van Drew (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Drewsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- Republican Study Committeestrongly right · 139 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Drew's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
‘My life means so little’: Sickest patients face insurance denials despite policy fixesHENRICO, Va. — Sheldon Ekirch spends a lot of time on hold with her health insurance company. Sometimes, as the minutes tick by and her frustration mounts, Ekirch, 30, opens a meditation app on her phone. It was recommended by her psychologist to help with th…
Raw Story · March 31, 2025
Space Nukes, Spy Balloons and Garlic: The Art of American ScaremongeringRepublican Congressman Jefferson Van Drew has claimed on Fox News that alleged drone sightings over New Jersey were part of an Iranian plot involving a "mothership" off the US east coast, citing unnamed "high sources" despite a lack of evidence.
Sputnikglobe.com · December 15, 2024
Satellite Footage Reveals Iranian "Mothership" Drone Carriers Exist, Just Not Near New JerseySatellite Footage Reveals Iranian "Mothership" Drone Carriers Exist, Just Not Near New Jersey Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh quickly rejected Republican Congressman Jefferson Van Drew of New Jersey's claim that mysterious Iranian "mothership"…
Biztoc.com · December 12, 2024
Watch: Congressman Warns Iranian Mothership Lurking Off Coast Responsible For New Jersey Drone ScareWatch: Congressman Warns Iranian Mothership Lurking Off Coast Responsible For New Jersey Drone Scare Republican Congressman Jefferson Van Drew of New Jersey, a member of both the House Judiciary Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee…
Biztoc.com · December 11, 2024
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