My name is David Applefield and I am a Congress candidate.
I was born in Elizabeth and grew up in Newark, New Providence, and Livingston. My dad was an All-State New Jersey baseball pitcher from Union. My mom was a child Holocaust survivor who arrived in Rahway in 1947. They both went to Rutgers, and married in Carteret 1954. My father worked as a teacher and then stockbroker, and my mother became a social worker.
After high school, I studied at Amherst College and graduated in 1978 with a BA in English. After completing a Masters in English at Northeastern University, I landed a job at UNESCO and then taught at the American University in Paris, where I wrote the guidebook Paris Inside Out and two novels. I started a small publishing and media company and learned the difficulties of running your own small business. As your Congressman, I want to work to help small businesses thrive without so many burdens.
Download my app and learn more about me and my visions for the district.
I was born in Elizabeth and grew up in Newark, New Providence, and Livingston. My dad was an All-State New Jersey baseball pitcher from Union. My mom was a child Holocaust survivor who arrived in Rahway in 1947. They both went to Rutgers, and married in Carteret 1954. My father worked as a teacher and then stockbroker, and my mother became a social worker.
After high school, I studied at Amherst College and graduated in 1978 with a BA in English. After completing a Masters in English at Northeastern University, I landed a job at UNESCO and then taught at the American University in Paris, where I wrote the guidebook Paris Inside Out and two novels. I started a small publishing and media company and learned the difficulties of running your own small business. As your Congressman, I want to work to help small businesses thrive without so many burdens.
Download my app and learn more about me and my visions for the district.
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