Steve Lonegan
| Steve Lonegan | |
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| Mayor of Bogota | |
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In office January 1, 1996 – December 31, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Leonard Nicolosi |
| Succeeded by | Pat McHale |
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| Born |
Steven Mark Lonegan April 27, 1956 Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lorraine Rossi |
| Alma mater |
William Paterson University Fairleigh Dickinson University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Steven Mark "Steve" Lonegan (born April 27, 1956) is an American businessman and former politician. He served as Mayor of Bogota, New Jersey, from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, Lonegan was named the New Jersey State Chairman for the Ted Cruz for President campaign in June 2015. He also served as a national spokesman for the campaign and appeared on various news outlets such as Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, and MSNBC.
Lonegan was Director of Monetary Policy for the American Principles Project. He served as the organization's national spokesman on monetary policies of the Federal Reserve System and directed the Fix the Dollar project until January 2016.
Lonegan lectured across the country to a range of audiences on the history of money and current monetary policy conditions. On February 27, 2015, Lonegan led a team of economists and conservative think tank leaders into a meeting with Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve officials at the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Federal Reserve System.
Previously, Lonegan served as the State Director of the New Jersey chapter of Americans for Prosperity and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey in 2005 and 2009. He was the Republican Party's nominee in the October 2013 special election to fill New Jersey's open U.S. Senate seat following the death of Frank Lautenberg.
Lonegan was born in Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey. His grandparents emigrated from Italy and Ireland. He graduated from Ridgefield Park High School where he set several high school track records.
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