Rosemary Becchi
Rosemary Becchi (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 11th Congressional District. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Becchi also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 7th Congressional District. She did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on July 7, 2020.
Becchi completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Rosemary Becchi was born in Meadowsbrook, Pennsylvania. Becchi attended the University of San Diego for undergraduate study, earned a J.D. from the Gonzaga School of Law, and earned a master's of law from the Georgetown University School of Law.[1]
Becchi's career experience includes working as a tax policy lawyer and consultant, and as a strategic advisor and counsel with law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. She has worked as an attorney and advisor with the Internal Revenue Service, as tax counsel with the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, and as vice president of federal government relations at Citigroup and Fidelity Investments.[1]
Becchi has been affiliated with nonprofit Running Start, The Tax Coalition, and federal political action committee Maggie's List.[1]
Elections
2020
U.S. House District 11
See also: New Jersey's 11th Congressional District election, 2020
New Jersey's 11th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Republican primary)
New Jersey's 11th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 11
Incumbent Mikie Sherrill defeated Rosemary Becchi in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 11 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mikie Sherrill (D) | 53.3 | 235,163 |
 | Rosemary Becchi (R) | 46.7 | 206,013 | |
| Total votes: 441,176 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 11
Incumbent Mikie Sherrill advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 11 on July 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mikie Sherrill | 100.0 | 79,961 |
| Total votes: 79,961 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Washburne (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 11
Rosemary Becchi advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 11 on July 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rosemary Becchi | 100.0 | 46,774 |
| Total votes: 46,774 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Larry Casha (R)
- Robert Crook (R)
- Reinier Prijten (R)
U.S. House District 7
Becchi withdrew from New Jersey's 7th Congressional District election to run for New Jersey's 11th Congressional District.[2]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rosemary Becchi completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Becchi's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Rosemary also has been a political advocate both on the national and local level. She has authored multiple commentary pieces on tax and financial services issues. She has served in a leadership role of the Tax Coalition, including serving as the chair. Most recently, Rosemary was Chairman of the Board of Running Start, an organization dedicated to getting more women elected to public office. Rosemary is also the New Jersey Chair for Maggie's List.
As a result of seeing the harm inflicted on families and businesses from high taxes and uncontrolled government spending, Rosemary started Jersey First, a non-profit organization with the mission to educate and advocate for policy solutions to lower taxes, reduce government spending and help put New Jersey's economy back on track.
While Rosemary has achieved a highly successful professional career, her family has always been her priority. Rosemary often is found at her daughters' hockey games, driving to dance, or preparing for her families' (including her sister, brother, niece and nephews) weekly Sunday dinner. Rosemary lives in Short Hills with her husband, Scott and their three daughters.
- 1. Debt, Deficit, & Taxes: In New Jersey, the state's fiscal problems are among the worst of all 50 states. Yet the Governor and Legislature have adopted a record-spending budget, increased spending by $4 Billion over two years and continues to raise taxes. We need to end government's addiction to deficit spending and raising taxes. The reckless cycle of raising and spending tax dollars has made New Jersey unaffordable and, on the national level, put our national security at risk - because a nation heavily indebted to the rest of the world will become economically unstable, and an unstable economy will lead to collapse. It is far past time for government to get responsible.
- 2. Immigration: Congress has completely abandoned its responsibility to fix our broken immigration system. We need to secure our borders, while also being compassionate towards those who have worked hard and established families in the United States. But compassion is not an excuse for failing to protect our national sovereignty, identify who is entering our nation, deal with visa overstays and streamline the citizenship process. The misguided and reckless declaration of sanctuary states and cities is a direct result of Congressional inaction, and it only serves to make our communities unsafe and complicate societal problems.
- 3. Healthcare: We need to preserve coverage for pre-existing conditions and provide access to quality health care for everyone, including the elderly and those amongst us with disabilities. The current health care system is too expensive and unsustainable. Medicare for all is a proposal that will short change our seniors, doubling our taxes and bankrupting our nation. We need to eliminate the barriers for more competition in the health care market and provide families access to the care and types of policies that fit their needs, not a one-size-fits all model. We also need to make health care costs transparent and remove the prospect of expensive surprise medical billing.
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See also
2020 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on October 22, 2019
- ↑ New Jersey Globe, "Becchi will challenge Sherrill instead of Malinowski," January 19, 2020
