Elected Jewish Republicans
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CURRENT
Tom Horne, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction
David Kustoff, Tennessee U.S. Representative
Max Miller, Ohio U.S. Representative
Judy Aron, New Hampshire State Representative
Alan Bershtein, New Hampshire State Representative
Jake Blumencranz, New York State Representative
Jon Bramnick, New Jersey State Representative
Alec Brook-Krasny, New York State Representative
Eric Ari Brown, New York State Representative
Fred Deutsch, South Dakota State Representative
Randy Fine, Florida State Representative
Craig Fishbein, Connecticut State Representative
Craig Goldman, Texas State Representative
Peggy Gossett Seidman, Florida State Representative
Steven S. Howitt, Massachusetts State Representative
Aaron Kaufer, Pennsylvania State Representative
Alexander Kolodin, Arizona State Representative
Lisa Krasner, Nevada State Senator
Daniel McGuire, New Hampshire State Representative
Jeremy Miller, Minnesota State Senator
Misha Novakhov, New York State Representative
Kimberley Rosen, Maine State Senator
Robert W. Singer, New Jersey State Senator
Norm Silber, New Hampshire State Representative
Jeff Spiegelman, Delaware State Representative
Jeff Stone, Nevada State Senator
Ron Weinberg, Colorado State Representative
Peter Feldman, Member, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Marvin E. Kaplan, member, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Hon. Ilana Rovner, U.S. Circuit Court Judge, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Hon. David Stras, U.S. Circuit Court Judge, 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Hon. Jonathan Biran, MD Supreme Court Justice
Hon. William D. Cohen, VT Supreme Court Justice
Hon. Steven B. Gould, MD Supreme Court Justice
Hon. David A. Lowy, MA Supreme Court Justice
Hon. Abbi Silver, NV Supreme Court Justice
Hon. Lee Solomon, NJ Supreme Court Justice
Hon. Richard Gottlieb, NC Superior Court Judge
Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County Executive (NY)
Seth Bluestein, Philadelphia City Controller (PA)
Matthew Bremen, member, Fruita City Council (CO)
Shlomo Danzinger, Surfside Mayor (FL)
Leonard Firestone, Fort Worth (TX) City Council
Gabe Groisman, Bal Harbour Mayor (FL)
Glenn “Kane” Jacobs, Knox County (TN) Mayor
Ari Kagan, NYC Council (NY)
Howard J. Kopel, Nassau County Legislator (NY) — Long Island
Anabelle Lima-Taub, Hallandale Beach Commissioner (FL)
Mazi Melesa Pilip, Nassau County Legislator (NY) — Long Island
Steven Richer, Maricopa County Recorder (AZ)
Scott Singer, Boca Raton Mayor (FL)
Burt Saunders, Collier County Commissioner (FL)
Eli Wax, member, South Bend City Council (IN)
Inna Vernikov, member, NYC Council (NY)
Ira Novoselsky, member, Revere City Council (MA)
Amanda Kurland, member, Orange Village City Council (OH)
Benjamin Weinstock, Cedarhurst (NY) Mayor
Matt Weintraub, Bucks County (PA) District Attorney
Michele Weiss, University Heights City Council (OH)
Richard Wise, member, Midland City Council (NC)
FORMER
FORMER FEDERAL OFFICIALS
Josh Bolten, former Director, Office of Management and Budget
Gary Cohn, former Director, National Economic Council
Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State
Edward Levi, former U.S. Attorney General
Jared Kushner, former Director, Office of American Innovation
Michael Mukasey, former U.S. Attorney General
David Shulkin, former Secretary, Department of Veteran Affairs
Oscar Straus, former Secretary, Department of Commerce and Labor
FORMER STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS
David Emanuel, former Georgia Governor
Eric Greitens, former Missouri Governor
Linda Lingle, former Hawaii Governor
Edward Salomon, former Wisconsin Governor
Edward S. Salomon, former Washington Territory Governor
Gilbert Bettman, former Ohio Attorney General
Buddy Caldwell, former Louisiana Attorney General
Jay Dardenne, former Louisiana Lt. Governor
George Fingold, former Massachusetts Attorney General
Nathaniel Goldstein, former New York Attorney General
Andrew Gould, former Arizona Supreme Court Justice
Richard Israel, former Rhode Island Attorney General
Samuel Koenig, former New York Secretary of State
Louis Lefkowitz, former New York Attorney General
Carlos Lopez-Cantera, former Florida Lt. Governor
Tom Horne, former Arizona Attorney General
Jacob Javits, former New York Attorney General
Robert Jubelirer, former Pennsylvania Lt. Governor
Josh Mandel, former Ohio Treasurer
Stephen Markman, former Michigan Supreme Court Justice
Nancy Mayer, former Rhode Island State Treasurer
Sam Olens, former Georgia Attorney General
Albert Ottinger, former New York Attorney General
Morris Pashman, former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice
Jeffrey Pine, former Rhode Island Attorney General
Steve Poizner, former California Insurance Commissioner
Deborah Poritz, New Jersey Attorney General
Warren Rudman, former New Hampshire Attorney General
Dan Schwartz, former Nevada State Treasurer
Caroline Simon, former New York Secretary of State
Gary Stein, former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice
Samuel Steinfeld, former Kentucky Supreme Court Justice
Jacob Tanzer, former Oregon Supreme Court Justice
FORMER JUDGES
Charles Breitel; former Judge, New York Court of Appeals
Andrea Fischer Newman; former member, University of Michigan Board of Regents
Frank Harlan Freedman; former Justice, U.S. District for Massachusetts
David F. Levi, former Justice, U.S. District for the Eastern District of California
Gerald Ellis Rosen; former Justice, U.S. District for the Eastern District of Michigan
Michael L. Stacey, former Michigan circuit court judge
Meyer Warshawsky, former Michigan circuit court judge
FORMER U.S. SENATORS
Rudy Boschwitz, former Minnesota U.S. Senator
Norm Coleman, former Minnesota U.S. Senator
Chic Hecht, former Nevada U.S. Senator
Warren Rudman, former New Hampshire U.S. Senator
Simon Guggenheim, former New York U.S. Senator
Arlen Specter*, former Pennsylvania U.S. Senator
FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVES
Eric Cantor, former Virginia U.S. Representative
Sam Steiger, former Arizona U.S. Representative
Julius Kahn, former California U.S. Representative
Florence Prag Kahn**, former California U.S. Representative
Bobbi Fiedler, former California U.S. Representative
Martin Ansorge, former New York U.S. Representative
Edwin Einstein, former New York U.S. Representative
Israel F. Fischer, former New York U.S. Representative
Ben Gilman, former New York U.S. Representative
Bill Gradison, former Ohio U.S. Representative
Bill Green, former New York U.S. Representative
Seymour Halpern, former New York U.S. Representative
Jacob Javits, former New York U.S. Representative
Kenneth Bentley Kramer, former Colorado U.S. Representative
Theodore Kupferman, former New York U.S. Representative
David A. Levy, former New York U.S. Representative
Lucius Littauer, former New York U.S. Representative
Marc L. Marks, former Pennsylvania U.S. Representative
Nathan Perlman, former New York U.S. Representative
Isaac Siegel, former New York U.S. Representative
Lester D. Volk, former New York U.S. Representative
Lee Zeldin, former New York U.S. Representative
Isaac Bacharach, former New Jersey U.S. Representative
Dick Zimmer, former New Jersey U.S. Representative
Steven Schiff, former New Mexico U.S. Representative
Marc Marks, former Pennsylvania U.S. Representative
Benjamin Rosenbloom, former West Virginia U.S. Representative
FORMER STATE SENATORS
Joel Abromson, former Maine State Senator
Stan Adelstein, former South Dakota State Senator
Stan Aronoff, former Ohio State Senator
Albert Berkowitz, former New York State Senator
George Blumberg, former New York State Senator and State Representative
Ellyn Bogdanoff, former Florida State Senator
David Goodman, former Ohio State Senator
Dave Greenspan, former Ohio State Senator and State Representative
Alberto Gutman, former Florida State Senator and State Representative
Roger Katz, former Maine State Senator
Dan Lederman, former South Dakota State Senator
Barry Levey, former Ohio State Senator and State Representative
Eugene Levy, former New York State Senator and State Representative
David Honigman, former Michigan State Senator
Barbara Leff, former Arizona State Senator
Ed Phillips, former Arizona State Senator
Peggy Rosenzweig, former Wisconsin State Senator
Richard Rosen, former Maine State Senator and State Representative
Stephen M. Saland, former New York State Senator
Kel Seliger, former Texas State Senator
Jeff Stone, former California State Senator
Florence Shapiro, former Texas State Senator
David Storobin, former New York State Senator
Renee Unterman (convert), former Georgia State Senator
FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVES
Daniel Greenberg, former Arkansas State Representative
Andre Marrou (convert), former Alaska State Representative
Jay Ramras, former Alaska State Representative
Adam Kwasman, former Arizona State Representative
Milton Marks*, former California State Representative
Helene Miller Walsh, former Illinois State Representative
Edward S. Salomon, former California State Representative
Alberto Gutman, former Florida State Representative
Adam Hasner, former Florida State Representative
Dick Kravitz, former Florida State Representative
Gary Siegel, former Florida State Representative
Mike Weinstein, former Florida State Representative
Mitchell Kaye, former Georgia State Representative
Ryan Berman, former Michigan State Representative
Shelley Taub, former Michigan State Representative
Bernard Epton, former Illinois State Representative
Sid Mathias, former Illinois State Representative
Sarah Lewin, former Maine State Representative
Jason Bedrick, former New Hampshire State Representative
Hazel Gluck, former New Jersey State Representative
Amy Handlin, former New Jersey State Representative
Nelson Gross, former New Jersey State Representative
Donna Simon, former New Jersey State Representative
Dov Hikind, former New York State Representative*^
Steve Katz, former New York State Representative
Louis Lefkowitz, former New York State Representative
Stuart R. Levine, former New York State Representative
Joe Straus, former Texas State Representative
FORMER MAYORS OR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Steven Abrams, former Boca Raton (FL) mayor
Richard Berkley, former Kansas City (MO) mayor
Mike Bloomberg, former NYC mayor
Eva Galambos, former Sandy Springs (GA) mayor
Susan Golding, former San Diego (CA) mayor
Steve Goldsmith, former Indianapolis (IN) mayor
Joseph Lazarow, former Atlantic City (NJ) mayor
Morris Pashman, former Passaic (NJ) mayor
Carol Schwartz, former member, Washington DC city council
Susan Weiner, former Savannah (GA) mayor
Mitchell Englander, former member, Los Angeles (CA) city council
FORMER JEWISH POLICE LEADERS
Reuben Greenberg, former police chief, Charleston (SC)
Paul H. Rappaport, former police chief, Howard County (MD)
*^Switched from the Democrat Party.
*Switched to the Democrat Party.
**First woman to serve in Congress.
NOTABLE JEWISH REPUBLICAN CELEBRITIES
Miriam Adelson
Lisa Barlow (Jewish ancestry)
Roseanne Barr
Jerry Bruckheimer
James Caan
Nell Carter (convert)
Sammy Davis, Jr. (convert)
David Draiman (Jewish father)
Ari Fleischer
Siggy Flicker
Goldberg (Bill Goldberg)
Melissa Joan Hart (Jewish ancestry)
Kane (Glenn Jacobs)
Jared Kushner
Larry Miller
Morgan Ortagus (convert)
Elizabeth Pipko
Dave Portnoy
Laura Prepon (Jewish father)
Joan Rivers
Melissa Rivers
Dave Rubin
Adam Sandler
Rob Schneider
Ron Silver
Gene Simmons
Yakov Smirnoff
Ben Stein
Ivanka Trump (convert)
Ruth Wisse
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