Jay Hooper (politician)

{{short description|Vermont politician}}

{{About|the politician|the Bermudian sailor|Jay Hooper}}

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| state_house = Vermont

| district = Orange-Washington-Addison

| term_start = January 2017

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| predecessor = Patsy French

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| party = Democratic

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| alma_mater = Connecticut College (BA)

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Philip Jay Hooper (born 1993) is a politician elected to the Vermont's House of Representatives representing the Orange-Washington-Addison district.{{cite web | last=Kelley | first=Dylan | title=Satcowitz To Join Hooper in Orange-Washington-Addison | website=The White River Valley Herald | date=2020-11-05 | url=https://www.ourherald.com/articles/satcowitz-to-join-hooper-in-orange-washington-addison/ | access-date=2020-11-15}}{{cite web |title=Representative Philip Jay Hooper |url=https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/single/2020/27174 |website=Vermont General Assembly |publisher=State of Vermont |access-date=16 November 2020}} Hooper was elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024.{{cite web | last=Vondrasek | first=Sandy | title=The White River Valley Herald | website=Young Reps Take Second Terms | date=2018-11-08 | url=https://www.ourherald.com/articles/young-reps-take-second-terms/ | access-date=2020-11-16}} When originally elected, he was one of the youngest legislators in Vermont.{{cite web |last1=Freese |first1=Alicia |title=In With the New: Two College-to-Statehouse Reps Prepare to Serve |url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/in-with-the-new-two-college-to-statehouse-reps-prepare-to-serve/Content?oid=3854770 |website=Seven Days Vermont |publisher=Da Capo Publishing |access-date=16 November 2020}} He is the son of former State Representative and Secretary of State Donald M. Hooper.{{cite web |last1=Caruso |first1=Aimee |title=Young legislators have big plans for Vermont |url=https://vtdigger.org/2017/02/13/young-legislators-big-plans-vermont/ |website=Vermont Digger |access-date=16 November 2020}} While the legislature is in session, he hosts a radio show called The Heat of the House on WCVR.{{cite web | title=WCVR Debuts Talk Show On Vt. Politics Saturday | website=The White River Valley Herald | date=2017-12-14 | url=https://www.ourherald.com/articles/wcvr-debuts-talk-show-on-vt-politics-saturday/ | access-date=2020-11-16}}

Hooper attended high school at Trinity-Pawling. He graduated from Connecticut College with a double-major in history and government.