George Demos

George Demos
Personal details
Born	1976
Political party	Republican, Conservative
Alma mater	Columbia University, Fordham University School of Law
Profession	Attorney
Religion	Christian – Greek Orthodox
Website	George Demos for Congress

George Demos is a former United States Securities and Exchange Commission prosecutor, and was a candidate for the Republican nomination for New York's 1st congressional district on New York State's Long Island.

Demos is the grandson of immigrants. His mother was a public school teacher, and his father was an attorney in private practice. He was originally from Shelter Island, New York, and now lives in Holbrook, New York.

Demos received his B.A. from Columbia University, majoring in political science, and his J.D. from Fordham Law School.

Demos prosecuted white collar fraud as a prosecutor at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) between 2002 and 2009.

Demos vied in 2010 for the Republican nomination to compete for the congressional seat of Democrat Tim Bishop on Long Island in New York State in the November 2010 election, coming in second in the primary. His three-way primary included Christopher Nixon Cox, a grandson of Richard Nixon and son of the state GOP chairman, and businessman Randy Altschuler.

Cox's father-in-law to-be, John Catsimatidis, the Gristedes supermarket and oil magnate, raised ethical issues about Demos' time at the SEC, saying he was accused of improprieties, and the subject of a related disciplinary complaint. Demos provided a letter reflecting that he was cleared of the complaint.

John Jay LaValle, Suffolk County Republican chairman, opined in February 2010 that Demos was a qualified and "extraordinary" candidate for the Republican Party's nomination to be a congressman in the 1st District from eastern Long Island. It was Demos's first run for office.

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