Occupation Licensed Social Worker Party Democratic Party | Political party Democratic Party | |
Born September 16, 1985 (age 31) ( 1985-09-16 ) Union, New Jersey Alma mater Kean University, Washington University in St. Louis Residence Union, New Jersey, United States Education Washington University in St. Louis, Kean University Similar Leonard Lance, Horst Kettner, Thomas Jefferson Profiles | ||
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Peter Jacob (born in Kerala, India 1985) was a 2016 Democratic Party candidate in New Jersey's 7th congressional district who ran against Leonard Lance. Jacob, a resident of Union, worked as a Licensed Social Worker until he began campaigning full-time. Jacob lost the election with 43% of the vote, while Lance was re-elected with 55%. The 7th district had been gerrymandered in 2011 to benefit the GOP, with portions of Morris County added, according to a report in NJ.com.
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Education
Jacob has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Kean University and a Master of Social Work from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. Jacob's time studying was accompanied with working with the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, the YWCA and the International Institute.
Social work
Jacob began his professional career as a social worker after attaining his master's degree. Jacob's service included being the coordinator of Operation Warm Heart, which provides meals and shelter for the homeless during the cold winter months. He said that his campaign "is a continuation of my social service [for the community]."
2016 congressional campaign
Jacob ran in New Jersey's 7th Congressional District against Republican incumbent Leonard Lance. Jacob decided to run after witnessing through his social work the "challenges that many marginalized communities faced". He saw the main problem as being "special, corporate, corrupt interests being put above the people's...", hence what later became Jacob's main campaign slogan "People Over Politics". The Jacob campaign consisted of a full-volunteer staff, and was not funded by any special interests.
Jacob received more votes than any other candidate in a primary in the history of the 7th Congressional District. Jacob received 45,272 votes in the primary, and his opponent Leonard Lance received 31,489.
In the general election on November 8, 2016, Jacob lost with 43% of the vote; Lance won with 54% of the vote (Jacob received 148,188 votes, and Lance received 185,850 votes).
On February 22, 2017, as Jacob attended a Town Hall meeting with Lance, Jacob said that he was "pretty positive" he would run in the 2018 congressional elections.