Jake Auchincloss

Following his graduation from Harvard University, Auchincloss joined the United States Marine Corps, earning his commission through Officer Candidates School in Quantico, Virginia. A captain at the time,[13] he commanded infantry in the Helmand Province in 2012, and a reconnaissance unit in Panama in 2014. In Helmand, he led combat patrols through villages contested by the Taliban. In Panama, his team of elite reconnaissance Marines partnered with Colombian special operations to train the Panamanian Public Forces in drug interdiction tactics.[13]

Auchincloss completed both infantry training in Quantico and the Marine Corps' reconnaissance training in California, profiled in Nate Fick's One Bullet Away. 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. He continued to serve in the Individual Ready Reserve after leaving active duty and was promoted to major on September 1, 2020.[14]

After returning home from the military, Auchincloss ran for Newton City Council on a platform of full-day kindergarten and expanded pre-K offerings.[15] He was elected in 2015, defeating the incumbent councilor.[16] He was re-elected to the Newton City Council in 2017 and again in 2019.[17][18] He chaired the Transportation and Public Safety Committee.[19]

In office, he supported progressive immigration and housing policies, sustainable transportation and co-docketed the successful welcoming city ordinance[20][21]

When the Newton City Council debated a pay raise for elected officials, Auchincloss voted ‘No' because Newton teachers were, at the time, teaching without a contract.[22]

Auchincloss was the first elected official to endorse Ruthanne Fuller for mayor.[23]

While serving on the Newton City Council and attending MIT, Auchincloss was the director of the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition.[24] 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.[21]

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.[25]

Auchincloss 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. Timilty.[26][27][28][29] He has 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.[30] He has earned endorsements throughout the district, including State Representative Paul Schmid from Fall River.[31]

During the campaign, questions arose about his party affiliation. Auchincloss was originally a Democrat, but was a registered Republican from 2013 to 2014 while working for Charlie Baker's gubernatorial campaign. He continued to vote in Republican primaries as an independent until late 2015, before becoming a Democrat again.[32]

The Democratic primary occurred on September 1, 2020.[33] In a race with 8 other candidates on the ballot, Auchincloss went on to win with 22.4% of the vote. The Associated Press called the race for Auchincloss three days after the election because nearly one million votes were cast through mail-in ballots because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[34]

In the November general election, Auchincloss defeated Republican nominee Julie Hall. He assumed office on January 3, 2021.[35]

On January 6, 2021, after the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, Auchincloss tweeted that he agreed with lawmakers' calls to remove President Trump' from office, either through the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution or impeachment. Auchincloss voted to certify the results of the 2020 United States presidential election in the early morning of January 7, 2021. On January 21, 2021, Auchincloss voted to approve the congressional waiver for General Lloyd Austin, President Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of Defense.

• Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Highways & Transit
  • Subcommittee on Coast Guard & Maritime Transportation
  • Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
• Committee on Financial Services[36]
  • Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy
  • Subcommittee on Diversity & Inclusion