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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. "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 California 's 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. Others point out the Recall Gray Davis Committee organization collected no signatures and spent no money on the recall. Kaloogian is a founder and co- 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. "California Elections", ''Los Angeles Times'', March 4, 2004 He also ran unsuccesfully 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 ran in the 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 . In the special elections where the top vote-getter from each party moves to the next round, Kaloogian finished a distant third among the Republican candidates. The next round will take place at the same time as the primary for the term that commences January 3 , 2007 . On April 17 , Kaloogian announced that he will withdraw from the primary for the next congressional term North County Times, April 18, 2006 .. Kaloogian's campaign has had to deal with some embarrasements, as claims made on his campaign website have proved to be inaccurate. False and conflicting endorsements Kaloogian's campaign has been plagued with at least four false endorsements and one conflicting endorsement
Misleading photographs Baghdad photo On March 28 , 2006 , Howard Kaloogian's campaign website displayed a street level photograph which was claimed to have been recently North County Times . Kaloogian's trip was in July, 2005, although in speeches and on his campaign webpage he refers to it as a "recent" triptaken in downtown Baghdad (see screenshot). Howard Kaloogian website 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." The photograph was offered as evidence that the security situation in Baghdad was better than was being reported in the press.Caption reads as follows: "Downtown Baghdad. We took this photo of dowtown [sic] 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." Commenters at various blogs determined this photo was most likely taken in (which uses a modified version of the Latin Alphabet ), but none are in Arabic . 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." Joshua Micah Marshall quotes Kaloogian during a phone call on March 29, 2006: " the way back from Baghdad some of the crew stopped in Istanbul as a layover. We turned all the photographs [from the trip over to the webmaster, and it appears he took one from the stopover and not from Baghdad." The photograph was replaced by another one taken from what appears to be an upper floor of some structure. Poster "Londonbear" Evidence that the photograph may have been taken from the Al-Rashid Hotel in the Green Zone in Baghdad . Analysis of the EXIF data on the replacement image suggesting that it was taken at the time of Mr. Kaloogian's July 2005 trip to Baghdad. See image. . Washington Post online . ''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. Kaloogian later said using the photo was "a stupid mistake". SFgate.com ''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." Photo pose with George W. Bush In addition to the false Baghdad photo, the Kaloogian website also posted a photo of Kaloogian with president George W. Bush , which was altered in such a way that the height discrepancy between the two men was reduced "Another fake photo by Howard Kaloogian" . Photo with troops In one photo which appears on the campaign website home page, as well as in the photo gallery section of the web site, the location of where the photo was taken is misrepresented. The campaign website claims the photo was taken in Iraq, whereas the same photo appears on the Move America Forward Blog with the caption that it was taken at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida . "Kaloogian and Photos" The two photographs can be compared with the following links: Campaign photo gallery (accessed 2006-04-06) and the Move America Forward photo (accessed 2006-04-03).. NOTES AND REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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