

The Democratic primary occurred on September 1, 2020. He continued to vote in Republican primaries as an independent until late 2015 before becoming a Democrat again. Auchincloss was originally a Democrat but was a registered Republican from 2013 to 2014 while working for Charlie Baker's gubernatorial campaign. ĭuring the campaign, questions arose about his party affiliation. He earned additional endorsements throughout the district, including from state representative Paul Schmid of Fall River. He earned the support of several Newton politicians, including the president and vice president of the city council and the chair and vice chair of the school committee. Īuchincloss raised the most money during the primary election in both the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020 and earned endorsements from the National Association of Government Employees, VoteVets, The Boston Globe and James E. On October 2, 2019, Auchincloss announced his candidacy for the open Massachusetts's 4th congressional district to succeed Joe Kennedy III, who unsuccessfully ran for the Senate against incumbent Democrat Ed Markey. Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts § District 4
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He also worked at a cybersecurity startup as a product manager and at Liberty Mutual as a senior manager at its innovation arm, Solaria Labs. While serving on the Newton City Council and attending MIT, Auchincloss was the director of the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. Īuchincloss was the first elected official to endorse Ruthanne Fuller for mayor. When the Newton city council debated a pay raise for elected officials, Auchincloss voted no. In office, he supported progressive immigration and housing policies, sustainable transportation and co-docketed the successful Sanctuary city ordinance. He chaired the transportation and public safety committee. He was reelected to the Newton city council in 20. He was elected in 2015, defeating the incumbent councilor. Local government Īfter returning home from the military, Auchincloss ran for Newton city council on a platform of full-day kindergarten and expanded pre-K offerings. He continued to serve in the Individual Ready Reserve after leaving active duty and was promoted to major on September 1, 2020. He graduated from the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) school in Maine and was an honor graduate from the Basic Airborne Course in Georgia. Īuchincloss completed both infantry training in Quantico and the Marine Corps's reconnaissance training in California, profiled in Nate Fick's One Bullet Away. In Panama, his team of reconnaissance Marines partnered with Colombian special operations to train the Panamanian Public Forces in drug-interdiction tactics. In Helmand, he led combat patrols through villages contested by the Taliban. He commanded infantry in Helmand Province in 2012 and a reconnaissance unit in Panama in 2014. Career Military service Īfter graduating from Harvard University, Auchincloss joined the United States Marine Corps, earning his commission through Officer Candidates School in Quantico, Virginia. He studied government and economics at Harvard College, graduating with honors, and earned an MBA in finance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Īuchincloss was raised in Newton with his two siblings, and attended Newton North High School. Auchincloss is matrilineally Jewish by descent, and was raised in his mother's faith. His stepfather, Gregory Petsko, is a biochemist and biotech entrepreneur who has become a global expert on Alzheimer's disease. Glimcher, pioneered the development of artificial limbs, and was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, and is the first cousin once-removed of stockbroker Hugh D. Auchincloss's maternal grandfather, Melvin J. Both of his parents are physician-scientists his mother is president and CEO of Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and his father serves as director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), succeeding Dr. Jacob Daniel Auchincloss was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Laurie Glimcher and Hugh Auchincloss. representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district since 2021. Jacob Daniel Auchincloss ( / ˈ ɔː k ɪ n k l ɒ s/ AWK-in-kloss born January 29, 1988) is an American politician, businessman, and Marine veteran serving as the U.S.
