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词条 Jason Bedrick
释义

  1. Before politics

  2. Political positions

  3. New Hampshire House of Representatives

  4. 2008 election

  5. References

  6. External links

Jason Bedrick (born June 5, 1983) is a former member of the New Hampshire state legislature.[1] He was a Republican representing Windham, New Hampshire. He is currently the Director of Policy at EdChoice[2] and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom, where he was previously a policy analyst.[3] Bedrick holds a Master's in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.[4]

Bedrick is the first Orthodox Jew to hold elective office in New Hampshire, which has fewer than ten Orthodox Jewish families among its 1% Jewish population.[5]

Before politics

Bedrick was raised in a secular Jewish home in Windham, NH and he became religiously observant over the course of many years. He attended Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, New Hampshire where he received the Religious Studies Award for "the student who best understands the Christian message presented in the classroom."[6] After graduation he attended Babson College, majoring in business administration. At Babson College he was a senior editor for the Babson'>Free Press, and the founder of the local chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity.[7] After college, he studied Torah in yeshiva Hadar Hatorah in Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim, a part of the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, New Jersey.[8]

Political positions

Bedrick is a strong supporter of school choice, including charter schools, education vouchers, and scholarship tax credits. He first ran for the NH House (unsuccessfully) on that platform as an Independent in 2004.[1]

Bedrick's 2006 victory was a narrow one, by only six votes, after a recount. In addition to school choice, he is in favor of continuing New Hampshire's traditional absence of sales and income tax, and is in general a fiscal conservative.[5] Bedrick was unanimously endorsed by the libertarian Republican Liberty Caucus political action committee.[9] The New Hampshire Liberty Alliance gave Bedrick an "A" rating in their 2007 Liberty Rating for his pro-liberty voting record[10] and in 2008, they named him "Legislator of the Year".[11] Bedrick scored 98% on New Hampshire House Republican Alliance legislative score card.[12] In 2008, he endorsed Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee for president.[13]

New Hampshire House of Representatives

Bedrick was the first Orthodox Jew elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He observes Shabbat and keeps kosher. Because Jewish law forbids taking oaths, during his swearing-in ceremony Bedrick substituted the words "I affirm" for "I swear."[5] Bedrick always wears a head covering and sports a full beard.[5]

2008 election

By a one-vote margin, 904-903, Bedrick was not re-nominated in 2008 to appear on the Republican ticket in the general election. [14]

References

1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.eagletribune.com/nhnews/local_story_344120416?page=0 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130122011725/http://www.eagletribune.com/nhnews/local_story_344120416?page=0 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=January 22, 2013 |author=Date, Terry |publisher=The Eagle Tribune |title=Welcome to the House: Windham lawmaker plans to keep quiet in first term |date=December 10, 2006 }}
2. ^[https://www.edchoice.org/our-team/jason-bedrick/ "EdChoice: Our Team,"] EdChoice website.
3. ^"Cato Institute: Policy Scholars," Cato Institute website.
4. ^ Bedrick, Jason, "Scholarship Tax Credit Programs in the United States: Implications for New Hampshire," Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, January 2011.
5. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Windham+sends+first+Orthodox+Jew+in+NH+to+legislature&articleId=a9259b8e-33d3-4637-b369-9f4904fd9a1c |author=Masis, Julie |publisher=New Hampshire Union Leader |title=Windham sends first Orthodox Jew in NH to legislature |date=December 9, 2006}}
6. ^Schoenberg, Shira "An Orthodox Lawmaker: 24-year old makes history in the legislature" Concord Monitor, Feb. 7, 2008.
7. ^"Jordan’s Furniture Secrets of Success", Babson Entrepreneurial Exchange, 2005. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209044536/http://www.entrepreneurialexchange.org/bee.php?c=82 |date=December 9, 2006 }}
8. ^Campaign Website
9. ^Republican Liberty Caucus website - Jason Bedrick
10. ^New Hampshire Liberty Alliance website - 2007 Liberty Rating
11. ^New Hampshire Insider
12. ^New Hampshire House Republican Alliance website - 2007 Republican Platform Scorecard (pdf)
13. ^http://www.jta.org/2008/01/24/news-opinion/politics/jason-bedrick-why-i-back-huckabee
14. ^Vote GOP! - Representative Jason Bedrick (October 28, 2008)

External links

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