Greg Gianforte

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Greg Gianforte (2017)

Gregory Richard Gianforte (* 17th April 1961 in San Diego , California ) is an American politician of the Republican Party . Gianforte has represented the state of Montana in the US House of Representatives since June 2017 .

Life

Greg Gianforte, born in San Diego, California to Frank and Dale Gianforte, grew up in King of Prussia , a suburb of Philadelphia in the US state of Pennsylvania . Here he graduated from high school in 1979 . He then moved to the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken , New Jersey . Here he obtained in 1983 a Bachelor as an electrical engineer and a Masters in IT .

In 1986, Gianforte co-founded Brightwork Development Inc. , a software company that he sold to McAfee in 1994 for $ 10 million . In the mid-1990s he moved to Montana, where he founded RightNow Technologies in Bozeman , a company that last had 1,000 employees.

In 2016 Gianforte ran for the office of governor of Montana, but was defeated by the Democratic incumbent Steve Bullock , who got 50.2 percent of the vote; Gianforte only 46.4 percent.

In 2017, after Ryan Zinke was sworn in as Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of US President Donald Trump , Gianforte ran for his now vacant seat in Congress. He was able to relegate Democrat Rob Quist to second place. An incident occurred the day before the election when Gianforte forcibly threw a reporter from The Guardian , whose questions he felt harassed, to the ground and destroyed his glasses. The incident resulted in several Montana newspapers withdrawing their election recommendations for Gianforte. The day after his election victory, Gianforte apologized.

Greg Gianforte has been married since 1989. He and his wife Susan have four children, three sons and a daughter. Gianforte represents very conservative and controversial theses and is a supporter of young earth creationism . He supports the Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum in Glendive , which gives visitors the knowledge that the theory of evolution is wrong. His candidacy for Congress was supported by the arms lobby .

In the upcoming gubernatorial elections in Montana 2020, Gianforte is again running for the Republican Party primary and thus to succeed the outgoing Democratic governor Steve Bullock .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ P. Solomon Banda, Amy Hanson, Colleen Slevin: Greg Gianforte Wins Montana House Seat After Being Charged With Assault. In: Time . May 26, 2017, archived from the original on May 28, 2017 ; accessed on October 20, 2018 (English).
  2. ↑ Greg Gianforte: Alleged beatings attack - Republicans are sticking to party colleague. In: Spiegel Online . May 25, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Louis Nelson: Three Montana newspapers rescind Gianforte endorsements after alleged body-slamming incident. In: Politico . May 25, 2017, accessed October 20, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Pete Kasperowicz: Greg Gianforte apologizes: 'I'm not proud of what happened'. In: The Washington Examiner . May 26, 2017, accessed October 20, 2018 .
  5. ^ Duncan Johnson: Gun Group Endorses Gianforte for Congress, “Enthusiastically Recommended”. In: Ammoland.com. May 22, 2017, accessed October 20, 2018 .
  6. ^ Edward O'Brien: Rep. Greg Gianforte Launches Gubernatorial Campaign. June 14, 2019, accessed October 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gianforte, Greg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gianforte, Gregory Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician (Republican)
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH San Diego , California