32 Facts About Greg Orman

Gregory John Orman was born on December 2,1968 and is an American politician, businessman, and entrepreneur.

Greg Orman ran as an independent to represent Kansas in the United States Senate in the 2014 election, earning 42.5 percent of the vote and losing to incumbent US Senator Pat Roberts.

On January 24,2018, Orman announced he would run again as an independent this time for Kansas governor.

Greg Orman was born in Minneapolis, MN, raised in Mankato, Minnesota, and is the second-oldest of six children.

Greg Orman's mother received full custody of the children and later sued her ex-husband for increases in child support payments.

Greg Orman lived with his mother during the school year and with his father during the summer where he worked in his father's warehouse.

Greg Orman's mother was a Democrat and his father a Republican.

Greg Orman graduated from Mankato East Senior High School in 1987 as co-valedictorian of his class.

Greg Orman currently sits as a member of the boards for various charitable organizations and non-profit organizations, including Unite America, the National Police Foundation which studies the effects of policing, and American Public Square at Jewell College which advocates for public discourse.

In 2004, Greg Orman co-founded private equity firm Denali Partners LLC and is the Managing Member of Exemplar Holdings, LLC Exemplar Holdings lists six portfolio companies on its website: 1.

On December 28,2015, Combat Brands LLC, the Greg Orman-led company, announced it acquired Kansas City-based Fitness First, Inc Fitness First, a fitness equipment provider, was consolidated into Combat Brands, but operates under the name Fitness First.

In July 2020, according to the Kansas City Business Journal, Greg Orman sold Combat Brands to its employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

Greg Orman has professional and personal ties to former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta, and served as his designated representative on the board of New Silk Route, a private equity fund, from April 2013 until March 2014.

Greg Orman has made donations to both Democratic and Republican candidates.

Greg Orman said the Scott Brown donation was made in part to block the passage of Obamacare because Greg Orman believed that the ACA would not achieve the central goal of decreasing healthcare costs.

Greg Orman was an independent candidate in Kansas's 2014 US Senate election.

Jim Yonally, chairman of the group, stated "We believe Greg Orman is the best-qualified candidate for the office of United States senator from Kansas", although some other members of the group expressed their support for Roberts following the announcement.

Greg Orman proposed to caucus with whichever party held the majority in the Senate, saying that "it's in the best interests of the voters of Kansas that they have a senator in the majority".

Greg Orman said in October 2014 that if, after caucusing with one party for four or five months he found that "they're engaged in the same old partisan politics", he would "absolutely" consider caucusing with the other party to give them the majority instead.

Greg Orman stated that he voted for Obama in 2008 and voted for Republican nominee Mitt Romney in 2012.

Greg Orman has described himself as "a problem solver, not a partisan" and describes his ideology as "fiscally responsible and socially tolerant".

Greg Orman has stated that he supports campaign finance reform, by proposing expansion of campaign finance disclosure rules and contribution restrictions.

Greg Orman has proposed several reforms to campaign financing, including a ban on political action committees formed by congressional leaders and a ban on PAC donations from lobbyists to candidates.

Greg Orman has stated he supports maintaining or increasing border patrols to reduce the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States.

Greg Orman, is a supporter of term limits, and promised to serve no more than two terms if he was elected to the Senate in 2014.

Greg Orman is an advocate for Ranked Choice Voting, writing a 2016 op-ed title Why Ranked-Choice Voting Makes Sense.

Greg Orman is not a political scientist hunkered down in the Ivory Tower.

Greg Orman filed to run as an independent in the 2018 Kansas governor's race with state senator John Doll.

Immediately after the major party primaries, polling in a three-way race indicated that Greg Orman was at 19 percent, trailing Democrat Laura Kelly by 13 points and Republican Kris Kobach by 19 points.

Polling done by Triton Research and reported on by the Topeka Capital Journal showed Greg Orman would beat Kobach in a head-to-head race by 13 percentage points, while Democrat Kelly was in a dead heat.

Greg Orman suspended active fundraising efforts and elected to stop running TV advertisements in the Kansas City market by Labor Day.

Greg Orman moved to Kansas in 1997, where he was registered as a Republican.