Theodore Eliot Deutch is an American lawyer and politician who served as the US representative from Florida's 22nd congressional district from 2010 to 2022.
18 Facts About Ted Deutch
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Ted Deutch's district, numbered as the 19th district from 2010 to 2013 and as the 21st from 2013 to 2017, included much of northern Broward County and southern Palm Beach County in South Florida.
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Ted Deutch chaired the House Ethics Committee from 2019 until his resignation, a position in which he succeeded Susan Brooks.
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Ted Deutch served as the Florida state senator from the 30th district from 2006 to 2010.
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On February 28,2022, Deutch announced he would not seek reelection in the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections, instead taking a job as chief executive officer of the American Jewish Committee by October 1,2022.
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Ted Deutch was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the son of Jean and the late Bernard Ted Deutch.
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Ted Deutch's grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Belarus and Russia.
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Ted Deutch received his JD degree from the University of Michigan Law School.
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In late 2009, Ted Deutch declared his candidacy in a special election to fill the 19th congressional district seat formerly held by Robert Wexler, who left Congress to lead the Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation.
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Ted Deutch had represented much of the Broward County portion of the district for a decade at the federal and state levels.
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Ted Deutch spoke at a CNN town hall meeting and urged action.
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Shortly after his election, Ted Deutch introduced the Preserving our Promise to Seniors Act, which aims to keep Social Security benefits in line with retirees' costs and gradually raises the cap on FICA taxes over a period of seven years.
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On November 19,2011, Deutch introduced a resolution proposing "an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections, and affirm the authority of Congress and the states to regulate corporations and to regulate and set limits on all election contributions and expenditures".
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On December 18,2019, Deutch voted to impeach President Donald Trump.
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Ted Deutch has an F rating from the NRA, indicating that it does not believe he adequately supports gun rights.
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On October 1,2020, Deutch co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that condemned Azerbaijan's offensive operations against the Armenian-populated enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, denounced Turkey's role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and called for an immediate ceasefire.
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On February 28,2022, Ted Deutch announced he would not seek reelection in 2022, instead taking a job as chief executive officer of the New York City-based nonprofit American Jewish Committee.
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On September 30,2022, the US House of Representatives was notified that Ted Deutch was resigning at the end of the day.