24 Facts About Jim Saxton

Hugh James Saxton was born on January 22,1943 and is an American politician from New Jersey.

Jim Saxton then pursued a career as an elementary public school teacher and small business owner.

Jim Saxton served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1976 to 1981 and in the New Jersey Senate from 1982 to 1984.

Jim Saxton had been a resident of the Vincentown section of Southampton Township, New Jersey.

Jim Saxton was reelected 11 times without serious difficulty, always winning at least 58 percent of the vote.

Jim Saxton's district was renumbered as the 3rd District after New Jersey lost a seat in the 1990 census.

Jim Saxton was a high-ranking member of the Armed Services Committee and the Resources Committee and Ranking Republican Member and Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee made up of members of the Senate and House of Representatives.

Jim Saxton was widely praised across South Jersey for his efforts to remove Fort Dix from the Pentagon's base realignment and closure lists in 1989 and 1991, McGuire Air Force Base from the list in 1993, and Lakehurst Naval Air Station from the list in 1995.

Jim Saxton saved the New Jersey National Guard's 108th Air Refueling Wing from oblivion by working to provide it with a squadron of newer planes.

On May 26,2006, Jim Saxton reported hearing a loud gunfire-type noise in the Rayburn House Office Building that led to the building being shut down for several hours.

On November 9,2007, Jim Saxton announced that he would not seek reelection in 2008, citing prostate cancer.

Jim Saxton was succeeded by Democratic state senator John Adler, who had been Saxton's Democratic opponent in 1990.

Jim Saxton has been a resident of Mount Holly, New Jersey.

Jim Saxton supported taking action to ensure the long-term solvency of Social Security.

Jim Saxton argued against the estate tax in the Joint Economic Committee Study of 1998.

Jim Saxton has voted against bills that would authorize partial birth abortion, taxpayer-funded human embryo experimentation, and human cloning.

Jim Saxton is supportive of environmentalism, which led him to be one of the few Republicans that the Sierra Club endorsed in 2000,2002,2004 and 2006.

Jim Saxton has received generally favorable ratings by other environmental groups.

Jim Saxton was endorsed by the League of Conservation Voters, Ocean Champions and the New Jersey Environmental Federation in his 2006 reelection bid.

Jim Saxton was supportive of some gay rights measures, including the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and hate crimes bills.

Jim Saxton is a member of both the Republican Main Street Partnership and Republicans for Environmental Protection.

Jim Saxton supported bipartisan issues, such as federal campaign finance reform.

Jim Saxton voted against NAFTA, but voted for CAFTA as a means to help reverse abject poverty and hunger, and ease potential political unrest in impoverished Latin America.

Jim Saxton endorsed his good friend Duncan Hunter in the 2008 Republican Presidential Primary.