Robert Ernest Andrews was born on August 4,1957 and is an American politician who served as a US representative for from 1990 to 2014.
13 Facts About Rob Andrews
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Rob Andrews grew up in Bellmawr and attended Triton Regional High School in Runnemede.
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Rob Andrews later attended Cornell University Law School, earning his JD degree with honors in 1982.
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In 1990, after a 15-year incumbent Democratic US Congressman James Florio resigned from the US House of Representatives to take office as Governor of New Jersey, Andrews won the 1990 special election and simultaneous general election against Gloucester County Freeholder Daniel J Mangini.
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Rob Andrews subsequently won re-election every two years until his retirement.
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Rob Andrews had the 10th longest tenure among US Representatives in New Jersey history, and the fifth longest among Democrats state.
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Rob Andrews has a liberal rating of 76.2 and a conservative rating of 23.8 from the National Journal.
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The Star-Ledger reported on November 20,2011 that Rob Andrews financed a family vacation to Edinburgh, Scotland and other European destinations with over $9,000 of campaign funds.
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Rob Andrews said that the campaign finance probe had "no role at all" in his resignation, and that he was departing for a position at the Dilworth Paxson law firm.
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The FEC dismissed the complaint on June 3,2014 with "prosecutorial discretion", noting that Rob Andrews reimbursed his campaign for the Edinburgh trip before he received the complaint, and that any violations in the California trips were "relatively small".
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In February 2014, Rob Andrews resigned from his position in the middle of his term, while being investigated by the United States House Committee on Ethics for alleged violations related to his use of campaign funds for personal expenses.
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Rob Andrews stated it was to take a job with a law firm in Philadelphia.
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Rob Andrews was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 US Senate election.