Daniel Mongiardo

Daniel Mongiardo (2008)

Frank Daniel Mongiardo (born July 4, 1960 in Hazard , Perry County , Kentucky ) is an American doctor and politician of the Democratic Party and since 2007 Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky .

Life

After attending Hazard High School , Mongiardo, whose ancestors came from Italy , first studied at Transylvania University in Lexington and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He then completed a postgraduate degree in medicine at the University of Kentucky with a Doctor of Medicine (MD) and then worked as a doctor.

Political career

He began his political career as a candidate for the Democratic Party when he became a member of the Kentucky Senate in 2001 , to which he was a member until 2007.

Election campaign against Bunning

In 2004 Mongiardo, who was also vice chairman of the Democratic Party of Kentucky in 2003, ran against Republican incumbent Jim Bunning for a seat in the US Senate for Kentucky ( Senator Class 3 ) . When it became apparent that Mongiardo had a chance, Bunning clearly misunderstood his words and tones.

The contentious controversy got out of hand when Bunning his Italian-born adversaries such described that "it is thinking of Saddam Hussein's sons remember" ( "like one of Saddam Hussein's sons."). Given the public outrage, he forced an apology. His further behavior, such as his allegations against Mongiardo that this physically attacked Bunnings wife and her "green and bruises" in the process , and the obvious use of a teleprompter in a television debate , led various media scholars to the conclusion that Bunnings mental and to doubt his emotional suitability for his position. Bunning had around $ 4 million available for his campaign, while Mongiardo only had $ 600,000. The Democratic Party belatedly realized that Bunnings' bizarre behavior had a real chance of voting, and increased Mongiardo's budget with $ 800,000, the majority of which was invested in commercials .

After a series of inadmissible campaign donations , ugly homophobic attacks against Mongiardo and George W. Bush's large lead in the presidential election, Bunning narrowly won the election on November 2, 2004, which none of the campaign analysts had previously thought possible.

Deputy Governor

In 2007, Daniel Mongiardo became Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and has held that office ever since. In 2010 he had signaled that he would apply again for a seat in the US Senate ; "Running Mate" of Governor Steve Beshear will now be Jerry Abramson , the Mayor of Louisville . In the Democratic primary ( Primary ) to the Senate election but Mongiardo subject to the Attorney General of Kentucky, Jack Conway , relatively scarce. This in turn lost to the Republican Rand Paul .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2004 election campaign

Web links

• Daniel Mongiardo in the nndb (English)