Gerald G Lundergan was born on 1946 or 1947 and is an American businessman, politician and member of the Democratic Party from the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
24 Facts About Jerry Lundergan
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Jerry Lundergan served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1980 to 1985 and 1987 to 1989 and has served as Chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party on two occasions.
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Jerry Lundergan's father sold chicken and pork chops at state fairs.
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Jerry Lundergan's father died at age 45, when he was 18 years old.
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Jerry Lundergan's mother took a job as a clerk for the sheriff, while Jerry and his siblings continued to sell food.
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Jerry Lundergan challenged Steve Beshear, a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, in the Democratic Party primary election in 1975.
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In 1979, Beshear ran for Attorney General of Kentucky and Jerry Lundergan won his seat unopposed.
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Jerry Lundergan was easily re-elected in 1981 and ran for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts in 1983 after Democratic incumbent James B Graham ran for Kentucky Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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Jerry Lundergan lost the primary election to Mary Ann Tobin by 143,836 votes to 77,419.
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Jerry Lundergan ran for re-election to the State House in 1984, state legislative elections having been moved from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years.
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Jerry Lundergan lost the primary election to Cunningham by 27 votes out of 2,941 cast.
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Jerry Lundergan supported Wallace Wilkinson's campaign for Governor of Kentucky in the 1987 election.
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Jerry Lundergan briefly served as Chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party during Wilkinson's administration.
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Ten weeks into his service, Jerry Lundergan was found to have accepted a no-bid contract worth $153,998 to cater a state event.
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On December 12,1989, Jerry Lundergan was convicted of a felony charge of improperly using his political influence, but acquitted of theft.
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Jerry Lundergan resigned his seat in the State House the next day.
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The conviction was later thrown out by an appeals court, which determined that Jerry Lundergan should have been charged with a misdemeanor rather than a felony.
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Jerry Lundergan has made numerous attempts to regain his old seat, challenging Palumbo in the Democratic primary in 1994,1996,1998 and 2000, each time losing by at least 10 points.
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Jerry Lundergan served as the state chair for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
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In 2019, Jerry Lundergan was convicted for making illegal campaign contributions to his daughter in her 2014 US Senate race against incumbent Republican US Sen.
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On 16 July 2020, Jerry Lundergan was sentenced to 21 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his role in orchestrating a multi-year scheme to funnel more than $200,000 in secret, unlawful corporate contributions into a campaign for United States Senate and for causing the concealment of those contributions from the Federal Election Commission.
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Jerry Lundergan was specifically convicted of one count of conspiracy, one count of making corporate campaign contributions, four counts of causing the submission of false statements to the FEC, and four counts of causing the falsification of documents with the intent to obstruct and impede a matter within the FEC's jurisdiction.
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One of their daughters, Alison Jerry Lundergan Grimes, was the Secretary of State of Kentucky from 2012 to 2020, and was the Democratic Party's 2014 nominee for the United States Senate seat held by Mitch McConnell in the 2014 election.
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Jerry Lundergan is a devout Catholic, attending Mass every day.