Jennifer Weiss (born October 29, 1959) is a former Democratic member of the

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from her campaign website She represented the state's thirty-fifth House district, located in

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. Weiss was appointed to the NC House November 1999. She is a chair of the Finance Committee. 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 2012, Weiss announced she would not seek re-election.

Early career

Weiss received her bachelor's degree in Political Science from

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in 1981 and her J.D. from the

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in 1986. She practiced corporate and securities law in Boston from 1986 to 1990, at Brown, Rudnick, Freed and Gesmer, where she found the job, in her words, exciting and lucrative, however, she lamented that it failed to satisfy her desire to give back to the community.May 2004 article about Weiss
from the North Carolina Journal for Women website She resigned five months after her son was born, and the two of them and her husband moved from the Boston area to

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Committee assignments

2011-2012 session

*Agriculture *Elections *Finance *Health and Human Services *Health and Human Services - Mental Health *Judiciary

2009-2010 session

*Aging *Finance *Health *Judiciary II *Juvenile Justice *Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

Electoral history

2010

2008

2006

2004

2002

2000

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