Jason Bedrick

Who is Jason Bedrick?

Yehoshua Jason Bedrick is a former member of the New Hampshire state legislature. He was a Republican representing Windham, New Hampshire. He is currently a policy analyst at the Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom. Bedrick holds a Master's in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Bedrick is the first Orthodox Jew to hold elective office in New Hampshire, which has fewer than ten Orthodox Jewish families among its 1% Jewish population. New Hampshire has had several prominent non-Orthodox Jewish elected officials, such as Senator Warren Rudman and Congressman Paul Hodes.