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In the September 2010 primary, Altschuler finished first with 45 percent of the vote, Demos had 30 percent, and Cox was third with 24 percent.<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller |first=Sean J. |url=http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/118851-rep-bishop-up-against-big-spending-republican- |title=Rep. Bishop up against big-spending Republican – The Hill's Ballot Box |publisher=Thehill.com |date=September 14, 2010 |accessdate=September 16, 2010}}</ref> In the September 2010 primary, Altschuler finished first with 45 percent of the vote, Demos had 30 percent, and Cox was third with 24 percent.<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller |first=Sean J. |url=http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/118851-rep-bishop-up-against-big-spending-republican- |title=Rep. Bishop up against big-spending Republican – The Hill's Ballot Box |publisher=Thehill.com |date=September 14, 2010 |accessdate=September 16, 2010}}</ref>

==Whistleblower controversy==

In June 2011, it was reported that the ] reopened an investigation into George Demos for allegedly betraying the confidence of a ] whistleblower, while Demos served as an attorney at the SEC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.senseoncents.com/2011/06/a-chance-to-expose-the-wall-street-washington-inces/ |title= A Chance to Expose the Wall Street-Washington Incest |author= Larry Doyle |date=June 6, 2011 |publisher= Sense on Cents |accessdate=10 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2011/06/as-the-sec-finalizes-its-whistleblower-rules-one-whistleblowers-fight-for-justice-continues.html |title= As the SEC Finalizes Its Whistleblower Rules, One Whistleblower's Fight for Justice Continues |author= Michael Smallberg and Adam Zagorin |date=June 7, 2011 |publisher= Project On Government Oversight |accessdate=10 June 2011}}</ref> The Grievance Committee for Tenth Judicial District of the ] initially dismissed the complaint in May 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/static/PPM136_100801_dismissal_letter.html |title= Dismissal letter |author= Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District |date=May 11, 2010 |publisher= Politico |accessdate=14 June 2011}}</ref>

On June 1, 2011, the Clerk of the New York State Supreme Court stated in a letter that "he investigation was initially disposed of by the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, but upon further review, it was decided that the matter should be re-opened but transferred to another department....in order to avoid the appearance of impropriety."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pogoarchives.org/m/fo/nyssc-transfer-20110601.pdf |title= Letter re-opening and transferring the investigation |author= Clerk of the New York State Supreme Court |date=June 1, 2011 |publisher= Project On Government Oversight |accessdate=14 June 2011}}</ref>

Previously, the matter was subject to an SEC ] probe, which resulted in a report released in March 2009. The report found that found Demos had improperly disclosed the identity and information about a whistleblower to lawyers for JPMorgan Chase, the whistleblower's former employer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/01/28/long-island-congressional-candidate-cited-for-giving-up-jpmorgan/ |title= Long Island Congressional Candidate Cited for Giving Up JPMorgan Whistleblower |author= Michael Smallberg and Adam Zagorin |date=January 28, 2010 |publisher= Project On Government Oversight |accessdate=14 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pogoarchives.org/m/er/sec-oig-report-20090330.pdf |title= SEC Inspector General report |author= U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=March 30, 2009 |publisher= Project On Government Oversight |accessdate=14 June 2011}}</ref>


==References== ==References==

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George Demos
Personal details
Born1976
Political partyRepublican, Conservative
Alma materColumbia University, Fordham University Law School
ProfessionAttorney
WebsiteGeorge Demos for Congress

George Demos is a former Securities and Exchange Commission prosecutor, and a former candidate for the Republican nomination for New York's 1st congressional district in New York State's Long Island.

Early life

Demos is the grandson of immigrants. His mother was a public school teacher, and his father was an attorney in private practice. He was originally from Shelter Island, New York, and now lives in Holbrook, New York.

Demos received his B.A. from Columbia University, majoring in political science, and his J.D. from Fordham Law School.

Career

Securities and Exchange Commission

Demos prosecuted white collar fraud as a prosecutor at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) between 2002 and 2009.

Politics

New York's 1st congressional district

Demos vied in 2010 for the Republican nomination to compete for the congressional seat of Democrat Tim Bishop on Long Island in New York State in the November 2010 election, coming in second in the primary. His three-way primary included Christopher Nixon Cox, a grandson of Richard Nixon and son of the state GOP chairman, and businessman Randy Altschuler.

Cox's father-in-law to-be, John Catsimatidis, the Gristedes supermarket and oil magnate, raised ethical issues about Demos' time at the SEC, saying he was accused of improprieties, and the subject of a related disciplinary complaint. Demos provided a letter reflecting that he was cleared of the complaint.

John Jay LaValle, Suffolk County Republican chairman, opined in February 2010 that Demos was a qualified and "extraordinary" candidate for the Republican Party's nomination to be a congressman in the 1st District from eastern Long Island. It was Demos's first run for office.

He used the strategy firm Shawmut Group, which was formed in 2008 by Mitt Romney's advisors. In January 2010, Demos appointed to his political team Rob Cole, a former advisor to former New York Governor George Pataki, and a member of Romney's 2008 campaign team. That month, Demos also announced that he had raised more than $300,000 for his campaign. At the end of 2009, his campaign had $275,000. He also issued his first TV ad, a 30-second commercial that attacked Bishop for supporting "reckless" fiscal policy.

In April 2010, Demos said that the Suffolk Conservatives were "inexplicably" preparing to endorse Altschuler. Demos called Altschuler a "pro-choice, outsourcing proponent" and former member of the Green Party, which embraces "radical Marxist ideologies."

In July 2010 he issued a new radio ad, in which he identified himself as the "only Conservative" in the contest. That month he also said that Tea Party members had been supporting his candidacy.

In August 2010, he accused Altschuler of stealing another candidate's press releases, pointing to identical releases from Altschuler and Doug Hoffman, a candidate in for another New York congressional seat who uses the same consultant on some issues. That month he also accused rival Chris Cox of using his father-in-law to-be, Catsimatidis, for "dirty tricks".

That month he also objected to the proposed construction of the Cordoba House mosque near Ground Zero. He said that the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, the only religious structure destroyed in the 9/11 attacks, should be rebuilt before moving forward on building a mosque in the area, and called for an investigation into the mosque's financing. In the days leading up to the primary, Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh did a "six-minute radio riff in support of George Demos in NY-1, calling the former SEC attorney the only conservative in the race."

In the September 2010 primary, Altschuler finished first with 45 percent of the vote, Demos had 30 percent, and Cox was third with 24 percent.

References

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