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Justin Amash Justin Amash official photo.jpg Amash as U.S. Representative in 2015 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 3rd district Incumbent Assumed office January 3, 2011 Preceded by Vern Ehlers Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 72nd district In office January 1, 2009 – January 1, 2011 Preceded by Glenn Steil Succeeded by Ken Yonker Personal details Born April 18, 1980 (age 39) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. Political party Republican Spouse(s) Kara Janell Day Children 3 Residence Cascade Township, Michigan, U.S. Education University of Michigan (BA, JD) Website House website

Justin Amash, (born April 18, 1980) is een Amerikaanse politicus en jurist.

lawyer who is a U.S. Representative for Michigan's 3rd congressional district. First elected to Congress in 2010, Amash previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives representing the 72nd District, which is centered on the city of Kentwood and includes his home in Cascade Township as well as the townships of Caledonia and Gaines. He is chair of the House Liberty Caucus. Amash is a libertarian Republican.[1][2][3][4][5][excessive citations]

Amash was born in Michigan to a Palestinian Christian father and a Syrian Christian mother who had immigrated to the United States. He grew up in Kentwood, Michigan, and was the valedictorian of his high school class. He studied economics at the University of Michigan and then earned a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, then worked as an attorney at his father's business before beginning his political career. He and his brothers are co-owners of their family business, Dynamic Source International which includes Amash Imports, Inc. (founded in 1956 and using the trade name of Amash Brothers Distributing and Michigan Industrial Tools) and others.[6][7] Their family businesses are heavily invested in China which include Trekton and other products.[8]

Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Michigan House of Representatives 2.1 Election 2.2 Tenure 3 U.S. House of Representatives 3.1 Elections 3.1.1 2010 3.1.2 2012 3.1.3 2014 3.1.4 2016 3.1.5 2018 3.2 Tenure 3.3 Political positions 3.3.1 Abortion 3.3.2 Economic issues 3.3.3 Energy 3.3.4 Flint water crisis 3.3.5 Foreign affairs 3.3.6 Gerrymandering 3.3.7 Health care 3.3.8 Immigration 3.3.9 Marijuana legalization and forfeiture 3.3.10 Same-sex marriage 3.3.11 Security and surveillance 3.3.12 Suicide prevention hotline 4 Endorsements 5 Donald Trump 6 Committee assignments 7 Caucus memberships 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

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Born in Grand Rapids, and raised in Kentwood, Michigan, Amash is the son of a Palestinian Christian father and a Syrian Christian mother.[9]

His father, Attallah, is a business owner, whose family immigrated to the United States in 1956[10] through the sponsorship of a Christian pastor and his family. His mother, Mimi, is a Syrian immigrant to the United States.[11][12]

Amash attended Kelloggsville Christian School in Kelloggsville and graduated as class valedictorian from Grand Rapids Christian High School. He graduated from the University of Michigan magna cum laude with a B.A. degree in economics and earned his J.D. degree at the University of Michigan Law School in 2005.[12] Amash admires economists F. A. Hayek and Frédéric Bastiat.[13]

Amash is married and the father of three children. He is an Orthodox Christian in the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America.[14]

After graduating from the University of Michigan, Amash became a consultant to his family's business. He worked as a corporate attorney for his family's business for a year before being elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2008.[15][16]

Michigan House of Representatives Election Amash ran for the Michigan House of Representatives in 2008 in Michigan's 72nd House District. During this time, he donated to the campaigns of Congressman Ron Paul and John McCain.[citation needed] In the Republican primary, he won a five-way election with 41% of the vote, defeating opponent Ken Yonker by 723 votes, a 6.3% margin. The incumbent, Glenn D. Steil, Jr., was barred from running by term limits.[17] In the general election, Amash defeated Democrat Albert Abbasse 61%–36%.[18]

Tenure During his initial tenure in the State House, Amash sponsored five resolutions and twelve bills, but none of them passed.[19] While in the State House, he began using his Twitter and Facebook pages to report his floor votes and explain his reasoning.

U.S. House of Representatives Elections 2010 See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2010 § District 3

Amash as U.S. Representative in 2011 On August 3, 2010, Amash won the five-way Republican primary for the seat vacated by retiring Republican Vern Ehlers with over 40% of the vote. He was endorsed by the Club for Growth,[20] Ron Paul,[21] and FreedomWorks PAC[22] during his primary campaign.

In the general election Amash campaigned on a conservative platform.[12] He defeated Democrat Patrick Miles, Jr. 60%–37%.[23]

In its October 25, 2010, issue, Time magazine named Amash one of its "40 under 40 – Rising Stars of U.S. Politics".[24] At age 30 Amash was the youngest federal officeholder in the United States on Time's list.[13]

2012

Amash as U.S. Representative in 2011

Amash at the 2012 Liberty Political Action Conference See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2012 § District 3 Amash won reelection to the U.S. House in 2012, defeating Steve Pestka 53%–44%.[25][26]

2014 See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2014 § District 3 After initial speculation that he might run for the U.S. Senate, Amash confirmed that he would run for reelection to the House of Representatives in 2014.[27][28]

Amash was endorsed by the fiscally conservative Club for Growth PAC, which spent over $500,000 supporting Amash in his Republican primary against former East Grand Rapids School Trustee Brian Ellis, who was endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and spent more than $1 million of his own money on the race.[29][30][31]

After Amash defeated Ellis in the August primary, with 57.4% of the vote to Ellis's 42.6%, Amash was highly critical of Ellis and former Congressman Pete Hoekstra, who had backed Ellis. Of Hoekstra, Amash said, "You are a disgrace. And I'm glad we could hand you one more loss before you fade into total obscurity and irrelevance." Amash took exception to one of Ellis's television ads that quoted California Republican Congressman Devin Nunes calling Amash "Al Qaeda's best friend in Congress"; he demanded an apology from Ellis for running what he called a "disgusting, despicable smear campaign."[32][33] As Friedersdorf of The Atlantic notes, "Amash voted against the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, favored a measure to repeal indefinite detention, and opposed reauthorization of the FISA Amendments Act."[33]

In the general election Amash defeated Democrat Bob Goodrich and Green Party candidate Tonya Duncan with 58% of the vote.[34]

2016 See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2016 § District 3 Amash won reelection to the U.S. House in 2016 for his fourth term, defeating Democrat Douglas Smith 59%–38%. Taxpayers Party candidate Ted Gerrard finished with 3%.[35]

2018 See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2018 § District 3 Amash won reelection to the U.S. House in 2018 for his fifth term, defeating Cathy Albro, 54.4%–43.2%. U.S. Taxpayers party candidate Ted Gerrard finished 3rd with 2.4% of the vote. Amash was unopposed in the Republican primary.[36]

Tenure Amash has been noted for his attendance. From January 2011 to January 2019, Amash missed only one of 5,374 roll call votes.[37][38]