Rush Holt Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rush Holt Jr.

American politician

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1948

Place of Birth: Weston, West Virginia, United States

Profession: astronomer, politician, physicist, astrophysicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, fellow, university teacher, faculty

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Rush Dew Holt Jr.
(born October 15, 1948) is an American scientist and politician.
He was the U.S.
Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district from 1999 to 2015.
He is a member of the Democratic Party and son of former West Virginia U.S.
Senator Rush D.
Holt Sr.
He worked as a professor of public policy and physics, and during his tenure in Congress he was one of two physicists and the only Quaker there.Holt sought the Democratic nomination for U.S.
Senate in the 2013 special primary election to fill the seat of U.S.
Senator Frank Lautenberg, who died in office on June 3, 2013.
He lost the nomination to Newark Mayor Cory Booker.
Holt announced on February 18, 2014 that he would not seek re-election in 2014.In February 2015, Holt became chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and executive publisher of the Science family of journals.
In July 2019, AAAS announced that Holt was taking immediate leave and would retire effective 1 September 2019.