Josh Gottheimer

Joshua S. Gottheimer ( GOT-hy-mər; born March 8, 1975) is an American politician, attorney, writer, and public policy adviser serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 5th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, his district stretches along the northern border of the state from New York City's densely populated metropolitan suburbs in Bergen County northwest through exurban and rural territory in northern Passaic and Sussex Counties. Gottheimer was a speechwriter for Bill Clinton and served as an adviser to the presidential campaigns of Wesley Clark, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton. He has also worked for Burson Cohn & Wolfe, the Federal Communications Commission, Ford Motor Company, and Microsoft. Gottheimer's net worth was between $16.9 and $75.3 million in 2023, and he and his wife Marla Tusk, who is general counsel at the political consulting firm Tusk Strategies, reported $897,617 in joint income.