Kieran Michael Lalor (born January 23, 1976) is an American
politician
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,
entrepreneur
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and
author
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who founded
Iraq Vets for Congress (a
political action committee). He works in the
defense industry
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, and is a former
social studies teacher, and a
U.S. Marine Corps veteran
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A military veteran that h ...
of the
Iraq War
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, partof = the Iraq conflict and the War on terror
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. Lalor is a member of the
New York State Assembly, representing the 105th district.
Lalor was the
Republican
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Political ideology
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candidate in
New York's 19th congressional district
New York's 19th congressional district is located in New York's Catskills and mid-Hudson Valley regions. It lies partially in the northernmost region of the New York metropolitan area and mostly south of Albany. This district is currently re ...
election of 2008 but lost to incumbent
John Hall John Hall may refer to:
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* John A. Hall (born 1949), sociology professor at McGill University, Montreal
* John F. Hall (born 1951), professor of classics at Brigham Young Unive ...
. Lalor is a resident of
Fishkill, New York
Fishkill is a village (New York), village within the Fishkill (town), New York, town of Fishkill in Dutchess County, New York, Dutchess County, New York (state), New York, United States. The village is in the eastern part of the town of Fishkill o ...
.
In November 2010 Lalor published a book about Marine Corps
boot camp called, ''This Recruit: A First Hand Account of Marine Corps Boot Camp Written While Knee Deep in Mayhem''.
Early career and background
Lalor graduated from
Providence College. He then worked as a Social Studies teacher at Our Lady of Lourdes High School in nearby
Poughkeepsie
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.
Lalor enlisted in the
United States Marine Corps Reserve
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in July 2000 and thereafter served as a U.S. Marine Corps reservist.
.
Eternal Vigilance Society
' (retrieved May 23, 2008) At basic training, he was the second oldest recruit in his platoon.
[Kouri, Jim]
Lalor for Congress
He later enrolled at
Pace University School of Law
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, but left school when his reserve infantry unit was called to active service after the
September 11 attacks
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on the
World Trade Center
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in 2001, with Lalor training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina as part of a "ready reaction force."
Lalor's unit was demobilized in December 2002 but was activated again in March 2003 and deployed to
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
.
While in Iraq, Lalor's unit participated in security and humanitarian operations in the city of
Nasiriyah, located along the
Euphrates River in southern Iraq.
Upon his return from Iraq, Lalor returned to the
Pace University School of Law
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is the law school of Pace University located in White Plains, New York. Founded in 1976 as Pace Law School, the American Bar Association (ABA) accredited it in 1978. Pace has a top-ranked Envir ...
and graduated in 2007. His six-year military obligation ended in 2006, and Lalor achieved the rank of
Corporal
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.
Iraq Vets for Congress (IVC)
Lalor founded Iraq Vets for Congress, a group of Republican congressional candidates who served in Iraq.
[Goldfarb, Michael]
"Iraq Veterans for Congress"
''Weekly Standard
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'' (February 2008) On behalf of the group, Lalor addressed the
National Press Club
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in April 2008
2008 congressional campaign
Lalor declared his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2007 and was the first candidate to file paperwork as a candidacy for the 2008 race.
[First potential Hall opponent steps forward](_blank)
. Wilbur, Martin. ''North County News'', 2007. Lalor won a District-wide Republican convention held in
Mahopac, New York
Mahopac ( or ) is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in the town of Carmel in Putnam County, New York, United States. Also known as Lake Mahopac, the exurb is located some north of New York City, on US Route 6 at the county's southern centr ...
on May 22, 2008, prevailing over former Congressman
Joseph DioGuardi
Joseph John DioGuardi (; born September 20, 1940) is an American certified public accountant and a Republican politician. DioGuardi served in the House of Representatives representing the 20th Congressional district of New York from 1985 to 19 ...
and
County legislator George Oros. Lalor won 347 votes, Oros received 311, and DioGuardi received 102.
["It's Lalor against Hall in the 19th Congressional District"](_blank)
, ''Mid-Hudson News'' (May 23, 2008). Oros vowed to wage a primary challenge
[Blain, Glenn]
. ''Mid-Hudson News'' (June 3, 2008) but subsequently withdrew from the race. (Businessman
Andrew Saul
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, a
Bush appointee as Chairman of the
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
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and a board member of the New York
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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(MTA), also ran, but withdrew from the race for the Republican nomination in November 2007).
As of his October 15 report, Saul had raised more than $781,000 for the race, outraising the incumbent, while Lalor had raised less than $30,000, leading pundits to question his viability as a candidate in an election year where the Republican party is looking for candidates who self-finance.
In connection with his campaign, Lalor appeared on radio and television programs, including
Fox News Channel and was described as "proud to call himself a Reagan Republican";
he believed a conservative candidate would have the best chance of unseating Democratic incumbent John Hall.
Lalor criticizing former
Governor
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George Pataki
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for his endorsement of Oros, and was an outspoken critic of Hall.
On November 4,
2008
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, Hall won by 58% to Lalor's 42%.
2012 New York State Assembly campaign
Lalor officially kicked off his campaign for the 105th Assembly district in New York on May 11, 2012, on the radio station 101.5 WPDH on the Coop and Mulrooney morning show.
Lalor defeated Patrick Manning and Richard Wager in the Republican primary race, taking 52% of the vote to Manning's 28% and Wager's 20%. In the general election of November 2012, Lalor defeated Democratic challenger Paul F. Curran, gaining 56% of the vote to Curran's 44%.
New York State Assembly
Lalor was sworn into the New York State Assembly on January 9, 2013.
Lalor voted No on NYS Assembly Bil
A02562that "Requires hospitals to establish policies and procedures regarding
domestic violence; establishes ongoing training programs on domestic violence for all current and new hospital employees; designates a hospital staff member to coordinate services to victims; provides for the interaction of hospitals with community domestic violence service providers in order to coordinate services to victims of domestic violence; requires hospitals to offer to contact a local advocate when admitting or treating a confirmed or suspected victim of domestic violence."
In 2018, Lalor received an 88 percent rating from the
American Conservative Union
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, rating him as the second most conservative member of the Assembly for the year.
Electoral history
References
External links
New York State Assemblyman Kieran Lalorofficial site
Website of the Eternal Vigilance SocietyIraq Vets for CongressProfileat
SourceWatch
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History
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Living people
New York (state) lawyers
Providence College alumni
Pace University alumni
United States Marines
United States Marine Corps reservists
United States Marine Corps personnel of the Iraq War
American political activists
Security guards
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
1976 births
21st-century American politicians
Candidates in the 2008 United States elections