| Jennifer Weiss | |
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| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 35th district |
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| In office 1999 – present |
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| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Bruce Hamilton |
| Residence | Cary, North Carolina |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Virginia School of Law |
| Profession | attorney |
| Website | http://www.weissforhouse.com/ |
Jennifer Weiss (born October 29, 1959[1]) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly and a stay-at-home mom.[2] She represents the state's thirty-fifth House district, located in Wake County.[3]
Weiss was first elected in November 1999.[1] She is a chair of the Finance Committee.[4] In her tenure, she has received the 2007 NC AARP Outstanding Legislator Award, the 2002 NC Press Association William C. Lassiter First Amendment Award, and the 2004 Advocate of the Year from the NC National Association of Social Workers. In 2001, the Town of Cary issued a proclamation honoring Weiss for her legislative accomplishments.
In her most recent campaign for re-election[5] she ran on a platform of: making North Carolina a great place to live, work, and do business; improving public education; improving the quality of life; and protecting our environment.
In 2009, Representative Weiss sponsored and help pass the "Amazon Tax Law" which resulted in the Internet Giant Amazon.com to end their relationship with North Carolina citizens who had been Amazon.com associates. This new law resulted in other large Internet companies to end their affiliate relationships with the residents of North Carolina.
Weiss received her Bachelors degree in Political Science from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981 and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1986. She practiced corporate and securities law in Boston from 1986 to 1990, at Brown, Rudnick, Freed and Gesmer,[1] a "100-person firm" where she found the job "exciting and lucrative" though it failed to satisfy her "desire to give back to the community".[6] She resigned five months after her son was born, and the two of them and her husband moved from the Boston area to Cary, North Carolina.[6]
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