For other people named Gary Hart, see Gary Hart (disambiguation).
Gary Hart
Hart in 2019
United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland
In office October 21, 2014 – January 20, 2017
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
Declan Kelly (2011)
Succeeded by
Mick Mulvaney (2020)
Vice Chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
In office June 5, 2009 – February 8, 2011
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
James Schlesinger
Succeeded by
Bill Bratton
United States Senator from Colorado
In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987
Preceded by
Peter Dominick
Succeeded by
Tim Wirth
Personal details
Born
Gary Warren Hartpence
(1936-11-28) November 28, 1936 (age 87) Ottawa, Kansas, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Oletha Lee Ludwig
(m. 1958; died 2021)
Children
2
Relatives
Martha Keys (sister-in-law)
Education
Southern Nazarene University (BA) Yale University (BDiv, LLB) St Antony's College, Oxford (DPhil)
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Navy
Years of service
1980–unknown
Rank
Lieutenant
Unit
United States Navy Reserve Judge Advocate General's Corps
Gary Warren Hart (néHartpence; born November 28, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was the front-runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination until he dropped out amid revelations of extramarital affairs. He represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1975 to 1987.
Born in Ottawa, Kansas, Hart pursued a legal career in Denver, Colorado, after graduating from Yale Law School. He managed Senator George McGovern's successful campaign for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination and McGovern's unsuccessful general election campaign against President Richard Nixon. Hart defeated incumbent Republican Senator Peter Dominick in Colorado's 1974 Senate election. In the Senate, he served on the Church Committee and led the Senate investigation regarding the Three Mile Island accident. After narrowly winning re-election in 1980, he sponsored the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984, becoming known as an "Atari Democrat".
Hart sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984, narrowly losing the race to former Vice President Walter Mondale. Hart declined to seek re-election to the Senate in 1986 and sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988. He was widely viewed as the front-runner until reports surfaced of an extramarital affair, and Hart withdrew from the race in May 1987. He re-entered the race in December 1987 but withdrew from the race again after faring poorly in the early primaries.
Hart returned to private practice after the 1988 election and served in a variety of public roles. He co-chaired the Hart-Rudman Task Force on Homeland Security, served on the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and was the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland. He earned a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford and has written for outlets such as The Huffington Post. He has also written several books, including a biography of President James Monroe. Hart married Lee Ludwig in 1958, who died at age 85 on April 9, 2021. They had two children, John and Andrea Hart.[1]
^"Lee Hart, Wife of Ex-Senator Gary Hart, Dies at 85". The New York Times. April 11, 2021.
Gary Warren Hart (né Hartpence; born November 28, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was the front-runner for the 1988 Democratic...
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Democratic nomination, behind former Vice President Walter Mondale and Senator GaryHart. He continued his activism for the next three years, and mounted a second...
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such as his brother Kevin, King Kong Bundy, "Gentleman" Chris Adams, GaryHart and Jake Roberts, have all stated that he never wanted to be a wrestler...
with his brother Kevin. On March 15, 1982, the two brothers wrestled GaryHart and King Kong Bundy to a double disqualification. On June 4, Von Erich...
Great Kabuki persona in World Class in 1981. The character was created by GaryHart, based on an old gimmick used by Filipino wrestler Rey Urbano, a former...
Perez interferes in the match. Dusty Rhodes won the match by pinning GaryHart and not the legal opponent Kevin Sullivan. The bout was originally scheduled...
Kevin Darnell Hart (born July 6, 1979) is an American comedian and actor. After winning several stand-up comedy competitions, Hart had his first breakthrough...
significant politician out of the St. Paul-Minneapolis" area. Colorado Senator GaryHart was little-known when he announced his run February 1983, and barely received...
many World Class mainstays, including onscreen manager/one-time booker GaryHart, who claimed to have repeatedly encouraged Wolfe to "get clean". The syndicated...
small package into one of his own, but shortly after was attacked by GaryHart and The Great Muta. Sting came to aid Flair and the two brawled with Funk...
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