1. John Greg Ganske was born on March 31,1949 and is an American politician, plastic surgeon, and retired US Army reserve lieutenant colonel from Iowa.
11 Facts About Greg Ganske
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Greg Ganske served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 and was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for US Senator from Iowa in 2002.
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Greg Ganske earned honors in wrestling in high school, and was an American Field Service exchange student to Costa Rica in 1966.
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In 1976, Greg Ganske graduated from the University of Iowa School of Medicine, and subsequently completed a general surgery residency in 1982 at the Oregon Health Sciences Center and a plastic and reconstructive surgery residency at Harvard in 1984, training under Nobel Laureate Dr Joe Murray.
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Greg Ganske worked as a plastic surgeon in Des Moines until he challenged veteran Democratic Congressman Neal Smith in 1994.
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Greg Ganske campaigned in a cream 1958 DeSoto, playing songs from that era.
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In one of the biggest upsets in recent congressional history, Greg Ganske defeated Smith by six points, largely by running up large margins in southwestern Iowa.
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Greg Ganske was nearly defeated for reelection in 1996, but was reelected with little difficulty in 1998 and 2000.
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Greg Ganske was considered a relatively moderate Republican, which played well in a district dominated by traditionally-Democratic Des Moines.
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Rather than running for reelection, Greg Ganske ran for the United States Senate against incumbent Democrat Tom Harkin.
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Greg Ganske easily won the Republican nomination, but lost to Harkin by 10 points.