Gregory Gandrud
Gregory Gandrud (born February 25, 1961) is an American politician and businessman. In 2002, he was elected to the Carpinteria City Council[1] [2][3] and has held a number of elected positions in the Republican Party. In 2005, he was appointed by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California Recreational Trails Committee.[4] In 2008, he ran unsuccessfully for the 35th District State Assembly seat held by incumbent Pedro Nava.[5] In 2011, Gregory Gandrud was unanimously elected as the first openly-gay member of the California Republican Party Board of Directors.[6] In July 2016, Gandrud attended the Republican National Convention as an Alternate Delegate for Donald J. Trump [7] and attended Trump's inauguration in January 2017[8] and continues to be an active Trump media surrogate. The Gandrud family has been active in Republican politics for four generations, beginning with Gregory Gandrud's great-great grandfather, P.A. Gandrud, who served as a member of both the assembly and the senate in the Minnesota legislature [9]. P.A. Gandrud's grandson, Gary Gandrud, was the most recent Honorary Consul General in Minneapolis for the Kingdom of Norway.
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- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlxRAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Gregory+Gandrud%22&dq=%22Gregory+Gandrud%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjbuZHgrr3TAhUN7mMKHfDlBrUQ6AEIJDAA
- ↑ http://www.independent.com/news/2012/sep/20/pleasant-or-prickly/
- ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/2003/sep/13/local/me-expand13
- ↑ https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=1139
- ↑ http://sbcvote.com/elect/resources/results06_2008/results-1.htm
- ↑ http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2011/03/25/cal-gop-elects-gay-board-member
- ↑ http://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/06/01/meet-trumps-gays/
- ↑ http://www.keyt.com/news/local-politics/carpinteria-man-invited-to-inauguration/273388505
- ↑ https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12951
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