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Jason Chaffetz

Jason Chaffetz (born 26 March 1967) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-UT 3) from 3 January 2009 to 30 June 2017, succeeding Chris Cannon and preceding John Curtis.

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Jason Chaffetz was born in Los Gatos, California in 1967, and he was the step-son of Michael Dukakis. He converted from his father's religion of Judaism to Mormonism during his college years at Brigham Young University, and he also became a Republican after Ronald Reagan visited his place of work, Nu Skin, as a motivational speaker. He became the campaign manager for gubernatorial candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. in 2004, and he was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2008. He opposed Obamacare, same-sex marriage, the scientific consensus on climate change, mandatory vaccinations, Planned Parenthood, net neutrality, Barack Obama's conduct after the Benghazi attack, and was a fierce critic of Hillary Clinton. In 2017, he resigned due to health reasons.

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