Dan Bongino

Daniel Bongino
Bongino in December 2011
Born	Daniel John Bongino (1974-12-04) December 4, 1974 (age 42) Queens, New York, U.S.
Residence	Palm City, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater	City University of New York, Queens College Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Height	6 ft 1 in ( 185 cm )
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Paula Andrea Bongino
Website	Bongino For Congress

Daniel John "Dan" Bongino is a former United States Secret Service agent who was a primary candidate for Florida's 19th congressional district in 2016.

He was the Republican Party nominee for Maryland's 6th Congressional District in the 2014 elections. Bongino lost a close race to Democratic incumbent John Delaney, coming within a few thousand votes of victory. Bongino was also the Republican Party nominee in Maryland's 2012 election for the United States Senate, which he lost to incumbent Democrat Ben Cardin.

Bongino attended the City University of New York, where he earned both a bachelor's and master's degree in psychology, and Penn State University, where he earned a masters in business administration.

Bongino worked with the New York Police Department for four years, from 1995 to 1999. He joined the U.S. Secret Service in 1999 as a special agent, leaving the New York Field Office in 2002 to become an instructor at the Secret Service Training Academy in Beltsville, Maryland. In 2006, he was assigned to the U.S. Presidential Protection Division during George W. Bush's term. He remained on protective duty after Barack Obama became President, leaving in May 2011 to run for the U.S. Senate.