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John "Jack" Gargan (born October 20, 1930) is a retired financial planner in the United States who became the second chairman of the Reform Party (after Russ Verney) started by Ross Perot. He was ousted from this position by a 109–31 vote in February 2000. He is also known for the creation of Throw the Hypocritical Rascals Out (T.H.R.O.). An organization whose platform was to vote out all incumbent members of congress and to set term limits. ==Life and career== John “Jack Gargan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 20, 1930. In March 1932, Gargan’s father died and he was orphaned. At the age of 14 he was self-supporting. Gargan graduated from Prospect Park High School in June, 1948. From there, Mr. Gargan served in the US Navy and was honorably discharged in Jun 1952, and then served in the US Army and was honorably discharged in June 1954. Gargan served in the Korean War. Following his service in the military, Gargan attended Birmingham-southern College and graduated with a degree in Business Administration. By 1970, Gargan had moved to Florida and attending Stetson University College of Law. Gargan had a career as an insurance agent and financial consultant since 1957 as well as a professional handwriting analyst since 1962. He was an adjunct professor of Finance until 1986. In 1984, Gargan became the founder and past President and CEO of The International Association of Registered Financial Consultants (IARFC). In Florida in 1990, Gargan funded a series of "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" (a reference to a famous quote from the 1976 political and mass media satire movie, ''Network'') newspaper advertisements denouncing U.S. Congress for voting for legislative pay raises at a time when average wages nationwide were not increasing. Gargan later founded Throw the Hypocritical Rascals Out (T.H.R.O.), which Ross Perot supported. Gargan was a speaker at the 2000 Libertarian National Convention. In 1998, Gargan ran on the Reform Party ticket for the United States House of Representatives, 5th Congressional District seat against Democrat Karen Thurman. Gargan received 33.7% of the vote to Thurman's 66.3%. In 2002, Gargan ran again for the seat, this time as an independent in a three-way race. He received 3.39% of the vote. In this race, the Democratic incumbent Karen Thurman was defeated by Republican Ginny Brown-Waite. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Gargan (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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