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Howard James Kaloogian (born December 30, 1959) is an American politician and a former member of the California State Assembly. A Republican, he failed in 2004 to be elected to the United States Senate and in 2006 to be elected to the House. ==Biography== Kaloogian grew up in Michigan, of Armenian-born parents. Kaloogian earned a Bachelor's from Michigan State University and a law degree from Pepperdine University. During 1988–1996, he was an estate attorney. He got his start in politics at the suggestion of Bill Morrow, after Morrow read a strongly worded letter Kaloogian wrote to the editor of the San Diego ''Union-Tribune'' purporting to correct a reader's misleading interpretation of the preamble to the Constitution of the United States. From 1994–2000, Kaloogian was a member of the California Assembly, representing California District 74, which covers portions of northern San Diego County. He won his seat in the 1994 legislative elections, with 61% of the votes counted.〔"Final California Election Results", ''Los Angeles Times'', November 10, 1994〕 He endorsed Senator Phil Gramm's presidential bid in 1995.〔"20 State GOP Lawmakers Back Gramm", ''Los Angeles Times'', March 1, 1995〕 Kaloogian was twice re-elected to the Assembly. He recorded an unchanged majority, 61%, in the 1996 legislative election 〔"Final California Election Results", ''Los Angeles Times'', March 28, 1996〕 and was re-elected again in the 1998 election, where his share of the vote fell to 57%.〔"Final California Election Results", ''Los Angeles Times'', November 5, 1998〕 In 2003, Kaloogian became the chairman of the Recall Gray Davis Committee, dedicated to the ousting of governor Gray Davis.〔(Worldmag.com ). ''How grassroots conservatives used the Internet and talk radio in the first successful drive to force a recall vote of a California governor'', Lynn Vincent, August 2, 2003.〕 Kaloogian is a founder and co-chairman of Move America Forward, a political action group. Kaloogian considers President Ronald Reagan to be one of his political heroes.〔(Kaloogian's official website ). He states "My political hero, Ronald Reagan, made a profound statement in his farewell address to the nation."〕 Kaloogian serves on the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project and was the Chairman of the (Defend Reagan Project ), which campaigned in 2003 for CBS to drop a docudrama about Reagan, ''The Reagans''. The campaign was successful, as CBS did not show the mini-series, but handed it off to Showtime. In 2004 Kaloogian ran for the U.S. Senate from California but lost the Republican primary with 11% of the vote, placing him 3rd out of 11 candidates.〔"California Elections", ''Los Angeles Times'', March 4, 2004〕 He also ran unsuccessfully in the special election to fill the opening created by the resignation of disgraced Congressman Duke Cunningham in California's 50th Congressional District. In 2008 Kaloogian chaired an Anti-Barack Obama political action committee called "Our country deserves better". He appeared in a video ad for that group. Howard Kaloogian is married to Martha Lynn, and has a step-son. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Howard Kaloogian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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