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| From ]–], Kaloogian was a member of the California Assembly, representing California District 74, which covers portions of northern ]. He won his seat in the 1994 legislative elections, with 61% of the votes counted. <ref>"Final California Election Results", ''Los Angeles Times'', November 10, 1994</ref> He endorsed Senator ]'s presidential bid in ] <ref>"20 State GOP Lawmakers Back Gramm", ''Los Angeles Times'', March 1, 1995</ref>. | From ]–], Kaloogian was a member of the California Assembly, representing California District 74, which covers portions of northern ]. He won his seat in the 1994 legislative elections, with 61% of the votes counted. <ref>"Final California Election Results", ''Los Angeles Times'', November 10, 1994</ref> He endorsed Senator ]'s presidential bid in ] <ref>"20 State GOP Lawmakers Back Gramm", ''Los Angeles Times'', March 1, 1995</ref>. | ||
| Kaloogian was twice re-elected to the Assembly. He recorded an unchanged majority, 61%, in the 1996 legislative election <ref>"Final California Election Results", ''Los Angeles Times'', March 28, 1996</ref> and was re-elected again in the 1998 election, where his share of the vote fell to 57%. <ref>"Final California Election Results", ''Los Angeles Times'', November 5, 1998</ref> | |||
| In ], Kaloogian became the chairman of the ], dedicated to the ousting of ]'s governor, ].<ref> . ''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. | In ], Kaloogian became the chairman of the ], dedicated to the ousting of ]'s governor, ].<ref> . ''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-] of ], a conservative political action group. Kaloogian considers President Ronald Reagan to be one of his political heroes.<ref>. He states "My political hero, Ronald Reagan, made a profound statement in his farewell address to the nation."</ref> Kaloogian serves on the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project and was the Chairman of the , which campaigned in ] for ] to drop a ] about ], '']''. The campaign was successful, as CBS did not show the mini-series, but handed it off to ]. | ||
| the Recall Gray Davis Committee organization collected no signatures and spent no money on the recall.</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | Kaloogian is a founder and co-] of ], a |
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| In ] Kaloogian ran for the ] from ] and lost the ] primary with 11% of the vote, placing him 3rd out of 11 candidates. <ref>"California Elections", ''Los Angeles Times'', March 4, 2004</ref> Kaloogian is currently running in the special election to fill the opening created by the resignation of disgraced Congressman ] in California's ]. | In ] Kaloogian ran for the ] from ] and lost the ] primary with 11% of the vote, placing him 3rd out of 11 candidates. <ref>"California Elections", ''Los Angeles Times'', March 4, 2004</ref> Kaloogian is currently running in the special election to fill the opening created by the resignation of disgraced Congressman ] in California's ]. | ||
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| ==2006 campaign for Congress== | ==2006 campaign for Congress== | ||
| Kaloogian is currently running in a ] to fill the opening in ] to the ] caused by the resignation of disgraced former Congressman ]. |
Kaloogian is currently running in a ] to fill the opening in ] to the ] caused by the resignation of disgraced former Congressman ]. | ||
| ===False endorsements=== | |||
| Kaloogian's campaign has been plagued with at least four false endorsements | |||
| *In ] ], Kaloogian's website falsely claimed the California Pro-Life Council endorsed Kaloogian, and the council forced the campaign to remove the "endorsement".<ref></ref> | |||
| *Another claim for endorsement by the conservative Center for Reclaiming America (active in the ] feeding tube petition drive) also proved false — the organization stated they don't endorse candidates. <ref></ref> | |||
| *In March, campaign literature and Kaloogian's website suggested State Senator ] endorsed Kaloogian with the two-year old quote "Howard Kaloogian has distinguished himself as one of the most principled, courageous and steadfast conservative leaders in California."<ref>http://www.kaloogianforcongress.com/testimonial.asp Accessed 2006-03-30]</ref> In a statement McClinctock stated "It has come to my attention that a campaign mailing on behalf of Howard Kaloogian includes a picture and quote from me that suggests that I have endorsed his candidacy for U. S. Congress. I have not."<ref></ref>. | |||
| *State Senator ], who is running against Kaloogian, is also challenging an implied endorsement by him of Kaloogian on the same mailer and webpage.<ref></ref><ref>. Among those listed are psychologist and religious activist ] and columnist, activist and swimsuit model .</ref> | |||
| === Baghdad photo incident === | |||
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| On ], ], Howard Kaloogian's campaign website displayed a street level photograph which was claimed to have been recently<ref>. Kaloogian's trip was in July, 2005, although in speeches and on his campaign webpage he refers to it as a "recent" trip</ref>taken in downtown Baghdad (see screenshot). <ref> Erroneous photograph was removed, replaced with the caption: "We originally posted a photograph not of Baghdad, Iraq but from Istanbul, Turkey where our delegation traveled on the way home to the United States. We apologize for this mistake."</ref> The photograph was offered as evidence that the security situation in Baghdad was better than was being reported in the press.<ref>Caption reads as follows: "Downtown Baghdad. We took this photo of dowtown Baghdad while we were in Iraq. Iraq (including Baghdad) is much more calm and stable than what many people believe it to be. But, each day the news media finds any violence occurring in the country and screams and shouts about it - in part because many journalists are opposed to the U.S. effort to fight terrorism."</ref> | |||
| Commenters at various blogs determined this photo was most likely taken in ], a suburb of ], ].<ref> </ref> <ref> </ref><ref>. Provides evidence the location as the Istanbul suburb of Bakırköy.</ref> Various indicators in the image suggested the location of the intersection was not Baghdad. Many signs are written in ] (which uses the ]), but none are in ]. Women are seen wearing revealing (western) clothes, taxicabs are similar to those seen in Istanbul and European-style traffic signs are visible (as are signs of businesses based solely in Turkey). Once it was established that the photograph was actually of a streetcorner in suburban Istanbul, Kaloogian's campaign attributed the error to an unidentified "webmaster."<ref>] quotes Kaloogian during a phone call on March 29, 2006: "n the way back from Baghdad some of the crew stopped in Istanbul as a layover. We turned all the photographs over to the webmaster, and it appears he took one from the stopover and not from Baghdad."</ref> | |||
| The photograph was replaced by another one taken from what appears to be an upper floor of some structure. <ref> Evidence that the photograph may have been taken from the ] in the ] in ]. </ref> <ref>Analysis of the ] data on the replacement image suggesting that it was taken at the time of Mr. Kaloogian's July 2005 trip to Baghdad. See image. ].</ref> | |||
| <ref>. ''Baghdad on the Bosporus'', Dana Milbank, March 30, 2006. The entire Iraq trip page was temporarily pulled down without explanation, as Milbank confirms in this article. </ref> | |||
| Kaloogian later said using the photo was "a stupid mistake".<ref> ''Candidate admits 'stupid' Web error'', Carla Marinucci, March 30, 2006, p. B3. According to the article, "Kaloogian said the photo was taken during a layover in Istanbul and was mixed up with those taken on the Iraq tour." </ref> | |||
| In addition to the false Baghdad photo, the Kaloogian website also posted a photo of Kaloogian with president ], which was altered to reduced the height discrepancy between the two men <ref></ref>. | |||
| ==Notes and references == | |||
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Howard J. Kaloogian (born December 30, 1959) is a conservative Republican politician, who is a former member of the California State Assembly.
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. He endorsed Senator Phil Gramm's presidential bid in 1995 .
In 2003, Kaloogian became the chairman of the Recall Gray Davis Committee, dedicated to the ousting of California's governor, Gray Davis.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). 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 Ronald 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 and lost the Republican primary with 11% of the vote, placing him 3rd out of 11 candidates. Kaloogian is currently running in the special election to fill the opening created by the resignation of disgraced Congressman Duke Cunningham in California's 50th Congressional District.
Kaloogian is divorced and lives in San Marcos, California.
2006 campaign for Congress
Kaloogian is currently running in a special election to fill the opening in California's 50th District to the House of Representatives caused by the resignation of disgraced former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham.
External links
- Move America Forward
- Kaloogian's Campaign Web Site
- Kaloogian's Defend Reagan Committee
- Recall Gray Davis Committee - led by Kaloogian
- Howardisaliar.com - anti-Kaloogian site (from other recall proponents)
Baghdad photo links
- Confirmation of the real location of the photo
- Democratic Underground forum where fake photo was discovered
- DailyKos diary crossposted from DU to DKos by AnthonyLA
- Comparison with another photo of the same location, with matching features connected by arrows
- "Final California Election Results", Los Angeles Times, November 10, 1994
- "20 State GOP Lawmakers Back Gramm", Los Angeles Times, March 1, 1995
- "California Elections", Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2004