Dan Bongino

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{{short description|American political commentator}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dan Bongino
| image = Dan Bongino crop.jpg
| caption = Bongino in 2020
| birth_name = Daniel John Bongino
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|4}}
| birth_place = {{nowrap|[[New York City]], U.S.}}
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse = Paula Martinez
| children = 2
| education = [[Queens College, City University of New York|Queens College]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Science|MS]])<br />[[Pennsylvania State University]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])
| website = {{url|bongino.com|Official website}}
}}

'''Daniel John Bongino''' (born December 4, 1974) is an American [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]]<ref name="facebook" /> political commentator, white supremacist, radio show host, and author. He served as a [[New York City Police Department]] (NYPD) officer from 1995 to 1999 and as a [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agent from 1999 to 2011. Bongino ran for [[United States Congress|Congress]] unsuccessfully as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] three times. He serves as a host of ''The Dan Bongino Show'' on [[Rumble (company)|Rumble]], and served as host of the ''Unfiltered w/Dan Bongino'' on [[Fox News]] until April 2023.

==Early life and education==
Bongino was born and raised in [[Queens]], New York City.<ref name="owning">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/dan-bongino-devotes-his-life-to-owning-the-libs-trump-hangs-on-his-every-word|title=Dan Bongino Devotes His Life to 'Owning the Libs.' Trump Hangs on His Every Word.|first1=Maxwell|last1=Tani|first2=Asawin|last2=Suebsaeng|first3=Lachlan|last3=Markay|date=October 10, 2018|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|access-date=October 10, 2018|language=en|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231404/https://www.thedailybeast.com/dan-bongino-devotes-his-life-to-owning-the-libs-trump-hangs-on-his-every-word|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="leads">{{Cite news |last=Severns |first=Maggie |title=Dan Bongino leads the MAGA field in stolen-election messaging |url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/11/18/dan-bongino-leads-the-maga-field-in-stolen-election-messaging-1336782 |access-date=November 21, 2020 |work=Politico |language=en |date=November 18, 2020}}</ref> He is of Italian descent.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dan Bongino Answers 22 Questions about Himself|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umlwWJXtUJU|url-status=live|website=YouTube|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109092252/https://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&disable_polymer=true&gl=US&has_verified=1&v=umlwWJXtUJU&bpctr=9999999999 |archive-date=November 9, 2018 }}</ref>{{Non-primary source needed|date=October 2022}}

He attended [[Queens College, City University of New York|Queens College]] in the city, where he earned both a bachelor's degree and master's degree in psychology, and [[Pennsylvania State University]], where he earned a Master of Business Administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bongino.com/about.html |title=Learn About Daniel Bongino for U.S. Senate |access-date=November 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808110545/http://www.bongino.com/about.html |archive-date=August 8, 2012 |work=bongino.com}}</ref>{{Non-primary source needed|date=October 2022}}

== Career ==
=== NYPD ===
Bongino worked for the [[New York City Police Department]] from 1995 to 1999.<ref name="ex">{{cite news|last1=Pershing|first1=Ben|title=Ex-Secret Service agent Bongino enters race to unseat Cardin|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-politics/post/ex-secret-service-agent-bongino-enters-race-to-unseat-cardin/2011/06/01/AGrkmQGH_blog.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=June 1, 2011|access-date=August 26, 2017|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231337/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-politics/post/ex-secret-service-agent-bongino-enters-race-to-unseat-cardin/2011/06/01/AGrkmQGH_blog.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Secret Service and book publication ===
Bongino joined the [[United States Secret Service]] in 1999 as a [[special agent]],<ref name="ex" /><ref name="leads" /> leaving the New York Field Office in 2002 to become an instructor at the [[James J. Rowley Training Center|Secret Service Training Academy]] in [[Beltsville, Maryland]]. In 2006, he was assigned to the Presidential Protection Division during [[George W. Bush]]'s second term. He remained on protective duty after [[Barack Obama]] became president, leaving in May 2011 to run for the U.S. Senate.<ref name="ex" />

Bongino's first book, ''Life Inside the Bubble'', about his career as a Secret Service agent, was published in 2013. The book discusses his experiences protecting presidents [[George W. Bush]] and [[Barack Obama]] and investigating federal crimes along with his 2012 run for the U.S. Senate in Maryland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pagesix.com/2013/11/13/former-obama-secret-service-agent-blasts-toxic-administration/|title=Former Secret Service agent blasts 'toxic' administration|last=Smith|first=Emily|date=November 13, 2013|work=[[Page Six]]|publisher=[[New York Post]]|access-date=October 1, 2014|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231341/https://pagesix.com/2013/11/13/former-obama-secret-service-agent-blasts-toxic-administration/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bongino was criticized by former colleagues at the Secret Service for using his Secret Service background as part of his run for political office and for his claim of having secret information based on conversations he overheard in the Obama White House.<ref name="turns-runs">{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/secret-service-agent-turns-obama-runs-congress/story?id=20807235|title=Secret Service Agent Turns on Obama, Runs for Congress|last=Goldman|first=Russell|date=November 7, 2013|work=[[ABC News]]|access-date=June 27, 2020|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231341/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/secret-service-agent-turns-obama-runs-congress/story?id=20807235|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Ed |last=Rogers |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2013/11/13/the-insiders-republicans-should-boycott-former-secret-service-agents-book/ |title=The Insiders: Republicans should boycott former Secret Service agent's book |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en |access-date=October 12, 2018 |date=November 13, 2013 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231416/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2013/11/13/the-insiders-republicans-should-boycott-former-secret-service-agents-book/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="owning" /> A former colleague criticized him for trying to use his proximity to President Barack Obama in his political career: "He's trying to draw attention to himself and he's hijacking the Secret Service brand. That's all he's got going for him." Bongino said he had access to "high-level discussions" in the White House. Unnamed former colleagues said he "tends to exaggerate his importance on the presidential detail and exaggerate his proximity" and that "We don't sit in on meetings at the White House. We don't sit in on high-level meetings."<ref name="turns-runs" /> In response to the criticism from an anonymous former colleague, Bongino said, "There's nothing confidential in the book" and "It's not a tell-all. It's my tale of the Secret Service."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/what-its-like-protecting-the-president-former-secret-service-agent-dan-bongino-tells-his-tale.php|title=What It's Like Protecting the President: Former Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino Tells His Tale|last1=Joynt|first1=Carol Ross|date=December 4, 2013|website=[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]]|access-date=August 11, 2014|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231327/https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/12/04/what-its-like-protecting-the-president-former-secret-service-agent-dan-bongino-tells-his-tale/|url-status=live}}</ref> He rejected [[Birtherism]], the claim that President Obama was born outside the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/12/09/conservative-former-secret-service-agent-defends-obama-at-heritage-foundation|title=Conservative Former Secret Service Agent Defends Obama at Heritage Foundation|last=Schwab|first=Nikki|date=December 9, 2013|work=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|access-date=March 2, 2018|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231344/https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/12/09/conservative-former-secret-service-agent-defends-obama-at-heritage-foundation|url-status=live}}</ref>

His second book, ''The Fight: A Secret Service Agent's Inside Account of Security Failings and the Political Machine'' was published in January 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2016-03-13/espionage/list.html|title=New York Times Best Sellers Espionage|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 2016|access-date=March 1, 2017|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231347/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/03/13/espionage/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Media ===
[[File:Dan Bongino in 2016 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7|Bongino in 2016]]
Bongino has been a radio host and commentator on local and national radio programs. He has been a guest host for both the [[The Sean Hannity Show|Sean Hannity]] and [[The Mark Levin Show|Mark Levin]] radio shows and sometimes fills in on [[WMAL-FM]] [[talk radio]] in Washington, D.C. and [[WBAL (AM)|WBAL]] in [[Baltimore]]. He was a paid contributor to [[NRATV]] until December 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-mainstreams-conspiracy-theory-about-parkland-students|title=Fox News Mainstreams Conspiracy Theory About Parkland Students|last=Wilstein|first=Matt|date=February 21, 2018|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|access-date=May 7, 2018|language=en|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231344/https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-mainstreams-conspiracy-theory-about-parkland-students|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |author=NRATV |author-link=NRATV |user=NRATV |number=1072535386033930241 |date=December 11, 2018 |title=Official Statement From NRATV On Dan Bongino}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Dan Bongino Out at NRATV |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/sources-dan-bongino-out-at-nratv/ |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |date=December 10, 2018 |first=Lachlan |last=Markay |language=en |access-date=February 5, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231332/https://www.thedailybeast.com/sources-dan-bongino-out-at-nratv/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

He has frequently appeared on Fox News' opinion programming and on the [[conspiracy theory]] website ''[[InfoWars]]''.<ref name="owning" /> He guest hosted [[Hannity|Hannity's Fox News show]] in December 2018.<ref name="wobbly">{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/20/conservative-media-trump-border-wall-1071391|title=Conservative media turns on Trump for going wobbly on the wall|last=Schwartz|first=Jason|work=[[Politico]]|language=en|access-date=December 23, 2018|date=December 20, 2018|archive-date=December 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224073946/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/20/conservative-media-trump-border-wall-1071391|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bongino is a proponent of [[Spygate (conspiracy theory)|Spygate]], a conspiracy theory alleging illegal spying on [[Donald Trump]]'s 2016 campaign was perpetrated by Barack Obama's administration, and published a book on the subject titled ''Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergengruen |first1=Vera |title=The Mueller Probe Made Them Famous. They Plan to Keep Cashing In |url=http://time.com/5574513/mueller-report-celebrities/ |access-date=May 16, 2019 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=April 19, 2019 |language=en |quote=Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and frequent Fox News commentator, parlayed his bombastic defense of Trump into a book: "Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump." |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231345/https://time.com/5574513/mueller-report-celebrities/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2019, Bongino launched the website ''Bongino Report'' as an alternative to the conservative ''[[Drudge Report]]'' website.<ref>{{cite web |title=Media split: Bongino Report, Drudge alternative, competes in news aggregator space |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/media-split-bongino-report-drudge-alternative-competes-in-news-aggregator-space |website=Washington Examiner |language=en |date=December 6, 2019 |access-date=December 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231426/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/media-split-bongino-report-drudge-alternative-competes-in-news-aggregator-space |url-status=live }}</ref> Prior to the site's launch, he criticized Drudge Report founder [[Matt Drudge]] for having "abandoned" Trump supporters.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vella |first1=Lauren |title=Conservative Dan Bongino launches alternative to the Drudge Report |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/473064-conservative-dan-bongino-launches-alternative-to-the-drudge-report |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |language=en |date=December 4, 2019 |access-date=December 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231347/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/473064-conservative-dan-bongino-launches-alternative-to-the-drudge-report |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[Politico]]'' reported in October 2020 that Bongino's posts on [[Facebook]] were routinely among the most shared on the platform.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=Mark |title=Despite cries of censorship, conservatives dominate social media |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/26/censorship-conservatives-social-media-432643 |access-date=October 29, 2020 |website=Politico |language=en |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231350/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/26/censorship-conservatives-social-media-432643 |url-status=live |date=October 26, 2020}}</ref>

In November 2020, ''[[The New York Times]]'' listed Dan Bongino in its top 5 election "misinformation superspreaders".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frenkel |first1=Sheera |title=Meet the top election misinformation 'superspreaders.' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/technology/election-misinformation.html |access-date=July 29, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 23, 2020}}</ref>

In the wake of the [[2021 storming of the United States Capitol|Capitol riots]], Bongino's Twitter account was temporarily shut down on January 7, 2021, for violating Twitter's Civic Integrity policy.<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 7, 2021|title=Fox News' Dan Bongino Won't Return to Twitter After Suspension: 'F-- You'|url=https://www.thewrap.com/dan-bongino-quits-twitter-after-suspension/|first=Lindsey|last=Ellefson|access-date=January 8, 2021|work=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref>

In March 2021, [[Cumulus Media]] signed Bongino to replace ''[[The Rush Limbaugh Show]]'' on its talk radio stations. Cumulus already carried Bongino's existing one-hour podcast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/206141/cumulus-westwood-one-to-move-dan-bongino-into-rush-limbaugh-timeslot/|title=Cumulus/Westwood One To Move Dan Bongino Into Rush Limbaugh Timeslot|first=Lance|last=Venta|work=Radio Insight|date=March 17, 2021|access-date=March 18, 2021}}</ref> In May of that year, [[Fox News]] announced it had signed Bongino to host a new weekend program, ''Unfiltered With Dan Bongino'', starting on June 5.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=Fox News Adds Trey Gowdy, Dan Bongino Shows To Weekend Lineup |url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/fox-news-trey-gowdy-dan-bongino-1234754785/ |website=deadline.com |date=May 12, 2021 |publisher=Penske Business Media, LLC. |access-date=May 21, 2021}}</ref> Between July and August 2021, Bongino hosted ''Canceled in the USA'', a five-part series on [[cancel culture]] for [[Fox Nation]], featuring interviews with people who have been "canceled" due to their opinions or beliefs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mastrangelo |first1=Dominick |title=Dan Bongino to present five-part Fox series on people 'canceled' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/561722-bongino-to-present-five-part-fox-series-on-people-canceled |access-date=August 11, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=July 6, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Bongino's show draws an estimated 8.5 million listeners according to October 2021 estimates from ''[[Talkers Magazine]]'', a talk radio trade magazine; among the numerous shows competing to succeed Limbaugh, it ranked second, behind [[Premiere Networks]]' designated successor to Limbaugh, ''[[The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.talkers.com/top-talk-audiences/ |title=The Top Talk Audiences |magazine=[[Talkers Magazine]] |date=October 2021 |access-date=November 18, 2021}}</ref>

In January 2022, Bongino was permanently banned from [[YouTube]] for using his main account in an attempt to circumvent a temporary suspension imposed on his secondary account after he had posted a video questioning the efficacy of masks against [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rowland |first=Geoffrey |date=January 26, 2022 |title=YouTube permanently bans Dan Bongino |url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/591495-youtube-permanently-bans-dan-bongino|access-date=January 26, 2022|website=TheHill|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Culliford |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Dave |first2=Paresh |date=January 26, 2022 |title=YouTube permanently bans Fox News host Dan Bongino |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/youtube-permanently-bans-fox-news-host-dan-bongino-2022-01-26/ |access-date=January 26, 2022}}</ref>

On December 11, 2022, Bongino announced plans to end his Cumulus radio show at the end of his contract 18 months in the future.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leaf |first=Maria |date=December 16, 2022 |title=LISTEN: Dan Bongino announces end of national radio show |language=en-US |work=[[Washington Examiner]] |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/listen-dan-bongino-announces-end-of-national-radio-show/ |access-date=January 6, 2023}}</ref>

On April 20, 2023 Bongino announced that he had parted ways with Fox News citing failed contract negotiations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mastrangelo |first1=Dominick |title=Dan Bongino parts ways with Fox News |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3960830-dan-bongino-out-at-fox-news/ |access-date=April 20, 2023 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date=April 20, 2023}}</ref>

==== Conflict over COVID-19 vaccine mandates ====
On October 19, 2021, Bongino declared himself against corporate vaccine mandates, even though he was vaccinated. He called on his employer, Cumulus Media, to end their vaccine mandate, which had been announced in September. Unvaccinated employees at Cumulus had already been let go on October 11 and replaced. "You can have me or the mandate. But you can't have both of us," Bongino said on his show.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mastrangelo |first=Dominick |date=October 19, 2021 |title=Dan Bongino threatens to quit Cumulus radio show over company's vaccine mandate |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/577418-dan-bongino-threatens-to-quit-cumulus-radio-over-companys-vaccine-mandate |access-date=November 16, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |language=en}}</ref> After taking nearly 2 weeks off, he returned to announce he was "negotiating" his ultimatum with Cumulus,<ref>{{Cite news |first=Christopher |last=Hutton |date=November 3, 2021 |title=Dan Bongino returns to air, says Cumulus negotiations are at 'stalemate' |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/dan-bongino-cumulus-stalemate |access-date=November 16, 2021 |newspaper=[[Washington Examiner]] |language=en}}</ref> starting a fund for fired employees of Cumulus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dan Bongino Says He's Creating Fund for Cumulus Radio Employees Who Lose Job Over Vax Mandate |url=https://www.thewrap.com/bongin-vaccine-cumulus-fund/ |website=[[TheWrap]] |access-date=November 16, 2021 |language=en-US |first=Lindsey |last=Ellefson |date=November 3, 2021}}</ref>

Brian Rosenwald, a talk radio historian, believed Bongino's request was never much of an ultimatum, seeing little reason for Cumulus or its host to sever ties. Rosenwald commented:<ref>{{Cite news|last=Barr|first=Jeremy|date=December 20, 2021|title=Dan Bongino threatened to quit his radio show over a vaccine mandate. So, why hasn't he?|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/12/20/bongino-ultimatum/|access-date=January 13, 2022|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|text=I think it was a cynical ploy, to some extent. There was an incentive for him to stay with them because of that platform, and they’ve invested a lot of money in launching this show and building it up.}}In a December 2021 interview with ''[[The New Yorker]],'' Bongino stated that he had been vaccinated for COVID-19, at the advice of his doctor due to his [[Dan Bongino#Cancer diagnosis|lymphoma]].<ref name="newyorker">{{Cite magazine |last=Evan Osnos |date=December 24, 2021 |title=Dan Bongino and the Big Business of Returning Trump to Power |language=en-US |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/03/dan-bongino-and-the-big-business-of-returning-trump-to-power |access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>

=== Investing ===
Bongino publicly announced in June 2020 that he had purchased an "ownership stake" of unspecified value in [[Parler]], an [[Alt-tech|alternative]] social media platform popular among Trump supporters, conservatives, and the [[Far-right politics|far-right]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pressman|first1=Aaron|date=June 29, 2020|title=Parler is the new Twitter for conservatives. Here's what you need to know|work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|url=https://fortune.com/2020/06/29/what-is-parler-app-social-media-conservatives-who-owns-free-echo-facebook-twitter-verified-faq/|url-status=live|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630123443/https://fortune.com/2020/06/29/what-is-parler-app-social-media-conservatives-who-owns-free-echo-facebook-twitter-verified-faq/|archive-date=June 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Colton|first1=Emma|date=June 24, 2020|title=Conservatives fed up with 'censorship' on Twitter jump to Parler|work=[[Washington Examiner]]|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/conservatives-fed-up-with-censorship-on-twitter-jump-to-parler|url-status=live|access-date=June 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630073348/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/conservatives-fed-up-with-censorship-on-twitter-jump-to-parler|archive-date=June 30, 2020}}</ref>{{refn|name="Parler-description-citegroup"|
* {{cite web|last1=Culliford|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Paul|first2=Katie|date=June 14, 2019|title=Unhappy with Twitter, thousands of Saudis join pro-Trump social network Parler|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-saudi-politics-idUSKCN1TE32S|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627122226/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-saudi-politics-idUSKCN1TE32S|archive-date=June 27, 2019|access-date=June 15, 2019|website=[[Reuters]]}}
* {{Cite news|last=Sardarizadeh|first=Shayan|date=November 9, 2020|title=Parler 'free speech' app tops charts in wake of Trump defeat|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54873800|url-status=live|access-date=November 10, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109235624/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54873800}}
* {{Cite web|date=November 12, 2020|title=Parler: Where the Mainstream Mingles with the Extreme|url=https://www.adl.org/blog/parler-where-the-mainstream-mingles-with-the-extreme|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114212320/https://www.adl.org/blog/parler-where-the-mainstream-mingles-with-the-extreme|archive-date=November 14, 2020|access-date=November 14, 2020|website=[[Anti-Defamation League]]|language=en}}
{{Cite web|last=Saul|first=Isaac|date=July 18, 2019|title=This Twitter Alternative Was Supposed To Be Nicer, But Bigots Love It Already|url=https://forward.com/news/national/427705/parler-news-white-supremacist-islamophobia-laura-loomer/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630205321/https://forward.com/news/national/427705/parler-news-white-supremacist-islamophobia-laura-loomer/|archive-date=June 30, 2020|access-date=August 4, 2020|website=[[The Forward]]}}}}

== Political views ==
In 2018, Bongino said, "My entire life right now is about [[owning the libs]]. That's it."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nratv-dan-bongino-my-life-is-all-about-owning-the-libs-now_us_5bb78317e4b0876eda9dc907|title=NRATV Host Says 'My Life Is All About Owning The Libs Now'|last=Amatulli|first=Jenna|date=October 5, 2018|work=Huffington Post|access-date=October 6, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231352/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nratv-dan-bongino-my-life-is-all-about-owning-the-libs-now_n_5bb78317e4b0876eda9dc907|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="owning" /><ref>{{Cite news |first1=Thomas |last1=Fabbri |date=November 2, 2020 |title=US election 2020: The people behind the political memes you share |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54748453 |access-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231342/https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54748453 |url-status=live}}</ref> He is a supporter of former president Donald Trump.<ref name="wobbly" /><ref name="facebook">{{Cite news|last=Roose|first=Kevin|date=October 29, 2020|title=Dan Bongino Has No Idea Why Facebook Loves Him|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/technology/dan-bongino-has-no-idea-why-facebook-loves-him.html|access-date=November 21, 2020|issn=0362-4331|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029224039/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/technology/dan-bongino-has-no-idea-why-facebook-loves-him.html|archive-date=October 29, 2020}}</ref>

Bongino has called the investigation of possible [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|Trump-Russia collusion]] a "total scam",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/5440872756001/|title=Dan Bongino: Trump-Russia collusion story a 'total scam'|date=May 19, 2017|work=[[Fox News]]|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231343/https://video.foxnews.com/v/5440872756001/|url-status=live}}</ref> and is a proponent of the [[Spygate (conspiracy theory)|Spygate conspiracy theory]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Ryan|last=Broderick|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/republican-conspiracy-theory-counterprogramming|title=There Are Two Separate Impeachment Hearings Happening Right Now — And Republicans Are Winning Theirs|website=[[BuzzFeed News]]|language=en|date=November 20, 2019|access-date=November 21, 2019|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231345/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/republican-conspiracy-theory-counterprogramming|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2018, he was quoted by Trump in a tweet, as saying that former CIA Director [[John Brennan (CIA officer)|John Brennan]] "has disgraced the entire Intelligence Community. He is the one man who is largely responsible for the destruction of American's faith in the Intelligence Community and in some people at the top of the FBI."<ref name="ripping">{{Cite news |url=http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/388586-trump-shares-quote-ripping-brennan-this-guy-is-the-genesis-of-this |title=Trump shares quote ripping Brennan: 'This guy is the genesis of this whole debacle' |last=Shelbourne |first=Mallory |date=May 21, 2018 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |access-date=May 21, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231354/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/388586-trump-shares-quote-ripping-brennan-this-guy-is-the-genesis-of-this |url-status=live}}</ref> Bongino was also quoted as alleging that Brennan was "worried about staying out of jail".<ref name="ripping" />

In May 2018, after Republican Congressman [[Trey Gowdy]] and some conservative legal experts challenged Trump's claims that the FBI had [[Spygate (conspiracy theory)|spied on his 2016 presidential campaign]], Bongino claimed Gowdy had been "fooled" by the Department of Justice.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/30/trump-spygate-gowdy-fbi-615196|title=Trump 'spygate' offensive loses steam|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=May 31, 2018|date=May 30, 2018|language=en|first=Kyle|last=Cheney|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231354/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/30/trump-spygate-gowdy-fbi-615196|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2019, he accused Deputy Attorney General [[Rod Rosenstein]] of attempting a coup against Trump.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/18/why-allegations-coup-against-trump-are-unfounded/ |title=Why allegations of a 'coup' against Trump are unfounded |last=Bump |first=Philip |date=February 18, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218165551/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/18/why-allegations-coup-against-trump-are-unfounded/ |archive-date=February 18, 2019}}</ref>

According to ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]'', Bongino is a member of [[Groundswell group|Groundswell]], a group of conservative activists working to advance conservative causes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/07/groundswell-rightwing-group-ginni-thomas|title=Inside Groundswell: Read the Memos of the New Right-Wing Strategy Group Planning a "30 Front War"|last=Corn|first=David|author-link=David Corn|date=July 25, 2013|work=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]|access-date=October 1, 2014|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231335/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/07/groundswell-rightwing-group-ginni-thomas/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, Bongino published ''Exonerated: The Failed Takedown of President Donald Trump by the Swamp''. It was on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] with a dagger (the NYT Bestseller list version of an asterisk) indicating the book benefitted from bulk sales.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Caleb|last=Ecarma|url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/dan-bongino-loses-his-mind-at-reporter-for-noting-his-book-was-marked-bulk-sale-by-nyt-bestseller-list/|title=Dan Bongino Loses It Over Bulk Sale of NYT Bestseller Book|date=December 13, 2019|website=[[Mediaite]]|language=en|access-date=December 23, 2019|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231347/https://www.mediaite.com/online/dan-bongino-loses-his-mind-at-reporter-for-noting-his-book-was-marked-bulk-sale-by-nyt-bestseller-list/|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2020, he denied that his book benefited from bulk sales, maintaining the only event at which books were bought in bulk took place over a month after his book appeared on the list.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ep. 1316 Is Trump Setting a Trap for the Democrats? |url=https://bongino.com/ep-1316-is-trump-setting-a-trap-for-the-democrats |website=The Dan Bongino Show |access-date=August 8, 2020 |date=August 7, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231351/https://bongino.com/ep-1316-is-trump-setting-a-trap-for-the-democrats |url-status=live }}</ref>

Bongino reportedly told the House Judiciary Committee during hearings on police brutality that efforts to reduce the funding of police departments were an "abomination" that should be dropped "before someone gets hurt".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/dan-bongino-defund-police-congress-fox-radio-trump-a9559286.html |first=Griffin |last=Connolly |title=Pro-Trump radio host Dan Bongino urges Congress not to 'defund the police' as George Floyd's brother testifies at House hearing |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=December 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/6/10/21286605/dan-bongino-fox-news-police-brutality-hearing-congress |first=Katelyn |last=Burns |title=A Republican witness at a congressional hearing on police brutality didn't mention police brutality |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=December 13, 2020}}</ref>

During the 2020 election, he promoted false and baseless claims of voter fraud.<ref name="facebook" /> After Joe Biden won the 2020 election and Donald Trump refused to concede, Bongino backed Trump's [[2020 United States presidential election#False claims of fraud|claims of election fraud]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hern |first=Alex |date=November 10, 2020 |title=Trump's vote fraud claims go viral on social media despite curbs |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/10/trumps-vote-claims-go-viral-on-social-media-despite-curbs |access-date=November 21, 2020 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and falsely claimed that the Democrats rigged the election.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Grynbaum|first1=Michael M.|last2=Hsu|first2=Tiffany|last3=Robertson|first3=Katie|last4=Collins|first4=Keith|date=February 10, 2021|title=How Right-Wing Radio Stoked Anger Before the Capitol Siege|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/business/media/conservative-talk-radio-capitol-riots.html|access-date=February 11, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Bongino has been a strong critic of [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic|face mask mandates]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]],<ref name="leads" /> falsely claiming that face masks are "largely ineffective", and deriding them as "face diapers" on occasion.<ref name="facebook" /><ref name="newyorker" />

== Political campaigns ==

=== 2012 U.S. Senate election ===
{{Main|2012 United States Senate election in Maryland}}
Bongino ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in Maryland in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/political/bongino-wins-republican-primary-for-maryland-senate-seat |title=Bongino wins Republican primary for Maryland Senate seat |work=[[WMAR-TV]] |access-date=October 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193937/http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/political/bongino-wins-republican-primary-for-maryland-senate-seat |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |date=April 4, 2012}}</ref> Former gubernatorial candidate [[2010 Maryland gubernatorial election#Republican primary|Brian Murphy]] was his campaign chairman.<ref name="ex" /> Bongino won the Republican [[Primary election|primary]] on April 3, 2012, with 33.8 percent of the vote, defeating nine other candidates. He lost the general election in a landslide, taking only 26.6% of the vote against incumbent Democrat [[Ben Cardin]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/senate/maryland/ |title=Maryland Senate Election Results 2012 – Map, County Results, Live Updates |work=[[Politico]] |access-date=October 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110161647/http://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/senate/maryland/ |archive-date=November 10, 2012 |date=November 8, 2012}}</ref>

=== 2014 House of Representatives election ===
{{Main|2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland#District 6}}
Bongino ran for the U.S. House of Representatives seat from [[Maryland's 6th Congressional District]] in the 2014 election against incumbent Democrat [[John Delaney (Maryland politician)|John Delaney]]. Bongino lost to Delaney by 1.5 percentage points. Bongino carried four of the district's five counties, but had a 20,500-vote deficit in the district's share of [[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery County]] in the outer suburbs of Washington.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/election/2014/results/state/MD/house/06/|title=Maryland House results -- 2014 Election Center -- Elections and Politics from CNN.com|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=August 6, 2017|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231359/http://www.cnn.com/election/2014/results/state/MD/house/06/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Official 2014 Gubernatorial General Election results for Representative in Congress - Congressional District 6 |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2014/results/General/gen_detail_results_2014_2_BOT00806.html |website=The State Board of Elections |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections |access-date=November 28, 2020 |date=December 2, 2014}}</ref>

=== 2016 House of Representatives election ===
{{Main|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 19}}
[[File:Dan Bongino by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|Bongino speaking at an event in February 2016]]
After moving to Florida in 2015, Bongino contemplated running for the [[United States Senate election in Florida, 2016|United States Senate]] and [[Florida's 18th congressional district]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/conservative-dan-bongino-considers-bid-patrick-murphys-seat|title=Conservative Dan Bongino Mulls Bid for Patrick Murphy's Seat|work=Sunshine State News|last=Derby|first=Kevin|date=May 20, 2015|access-date=May 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526060708/http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/conservative-dan-bongino-considers-bid-patrick-murphys-seat|archive-date=May 26, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/conservative-dan-bongino-ponders-entering-senate-race|work=Sunshine State News|title=Conservative Dan Bongino Ponders Entering Senate Race|first=Kevin|last=Derby|date=November 6, 2015|access-date=August 11, 2016|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231508/http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/conservative-dan-bongino-ponders-entering-senate-race|url-status=live}}</ref> However, in June 2016, Bongino declared that he would seek the Republican nomination for [[Florida's 19th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/dan-bongino-ready-run-congress-southwest-florida|title=Dan Bongino Ready to Run for Congress in Southwest Florida|work=Sunshine State News|date=June 6, 2016|access-date=August 11, 2016}}</ref> He faced Chauncey Goss, a [[Sanibel, Florida|Sanibel]] City Councilman who sought the seat in 2012, and [[Francis Rooney]], a businessman and former [[United States Ambassador to the Holy See]], in the primary.

In an August 2016 interview with a ''[[Politico]]'' reporter, Bongino went on a profanity-laced rant against the reporter, who asked about a story in the ''[[Naples Daily News]]'' that Bongino said was dishonest.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/22/florida-man-loses-his-cool-on-the-campaign-trail/|title=Florida Man loses his cool on the campaign trail, drops more than one f-bomb on reporter|last=Phillps|first=Amber|date=August 22, 2016|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=July 29, 2017|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231417/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/22/florida-man-loses-his-cool-on-the-campaign-trail/|url-status=live}}</ref> The recorded phone call was published by ''Politico''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2016/08/florida-congressional-candidate-goes-on-twitter-tirade-104864|title=Florida congressional candidate goes on tirade against reporter|work=Politico|date=August 22, 2016}}</ref> He placed third in the August 2016 primary, losing the nomination to Rooney.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/08/30/francis-rooney-wins-gop-primary-southwest-florida-house/89548514/|work=[[Naples Daily News]]|title=Francis Rooney wins GOP primary for Southwest Florida House|date=August 30, 2016|access-date=August 30, 2016|first=Alexandra|last=Glorioso|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231401/https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/08/30/francis-rooney-wins-gop-primary-southwest-florida-house/89548514/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Bongino is married to Paula Andrea, née Martinez, who was born in Colombia. They have two daughters. In 2012, he and his wife operated three businesses from their home, selling [[martial arts]] apparel, [[web design|designing websites]], and consulting on security and risk management.<ref name="patch">{{cite news |first=Leslie |last=Hunt |url=http://crofton.patch.com/articles/getting-to-know-dan-bongino |title=Getting to Know Dan Bongino |work=[[Patch (website)|Crofton, MD Patch]] |access-date=November 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413211504/http://crofton.patch.com/articles/getting-to-know-dan-bongino |archive-date=April 13, 2012 |date=April 6, 2012}}</ref> While running for office in 2016, Bongino resisted talking about his business interests and said he and his wife had shut them down.<ref name="naplesnews">{{cite news|last1=Glorioso|first1=Alexandra|last2=Williams|first2=Amy Bennett|title=Former Secret Service agent Bongino makes third bid for political office|url=http://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/08/21/former-secret-service-agent-bongino-makes-third-bid-political-office/89014658/|access-date=August 31, 2016|work=[[Naples Daily News]]|date=August 23, 2016|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231414/https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/08/21/former-secret-service-agent-bongino-makes-third-bid-political-office/89014658/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Having lived in [[Severna Park, Maryland]], since 2002,<ref name="patch" /> Bongino moved to [[Palm City, Florida]], in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Turque|first1=Bill|title=Bongino moves to Florida, where political outlook may be sunnier|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/05/21/bongino-moves-to-florida-where-political-outlook-may-be-sunnier/|access-date=May 31, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 21, 2015|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231426/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/05/21/bongino-moves-to-florida-where-political-outlook-may-be-sunnier/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="naplesnews" />

=== Cancer diagnosis ===

On September 23, 2020, Bongino announced that a seven-centimeter [[tumor]] had been found in his throat. He added that he was unsure if the tumor was cancerous or benign, but would fly to [[New York City|New York]] on September 25 for further screening.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Andrew Mark |last=Miller |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/very-scary-dan-bongino-breaks-down-on-air-revealing-that-hes-been-diagnosed-with-tumor-in-his-neck |title='Very scary': Dan Bongino breaks down on-air revealing that he's been diagnosed with tumor in his neck |date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=September 24, 2020 |work=[[Washington Examiner]] |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231415/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/very-scary-dan-bongino-breaks-down-on-air-revealing-that-hes-been-diagnosed-with-tumor-in-his-neck |url-status=live }}</ref> On October 2, he said that he had received a "bad phone call" from doctors, and announced that he would be undergoing surgery on October 7.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bongino |first1=Dan |title=I Got a Bad Phone Call This Morning... |url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=343305913577899 |website=[[Facebook]] |access-date=October 12, 2020 |language=en |date=October 2, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231415/https://www.facebook.com/dan.bongino/videos/343305913577899/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following his surgery, he tweeted that the "entire tumor" was removed from his neck, but that he likely had [[lymphoma]]. He said he would receive treatment in the future.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Black |first1=Shelby |title=Radio Host Dan Bongino Shares That the Tumor Removed From His Neck Is Likely Lymphoma: What Is This Type of Cancer? |url=https://www.survivornet.com/articles/radio-host-dan-bongino-shares-that-the-tumor-removed-from-his-neck-is-likely-lymphoma-what-is-this-type-of-cancer/ |website=SurvivorNet |access-date=October 12, 2020 |date=October 8, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231409/https://www.survivornet.com/articles/radio-host-dan-bongino-shares-that-the-tumor-removed-from-his-neck-is-likely-lymphoma-what-is-this-type-of-cancer/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On October 16, he confirmed that he received an official diagnosis of [[Hodgkin's lymphoma]], adding that he would be continuing treatment in consultation with his doctors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ep. 1371 The Real Reason This Liberal Megadonor is Spending Big |url=https://rumble.com/vapm81-ep.-1371-the-real-reason-this-liberal-megadonor-is-spending-big.html |website=rumble.com |publisher=The Dan Bongino Show |access-date=October 16, 2020 |language=en |date=October 16, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231423/https://rumble.com/vapm81-ep.-1371-the-real-reason-this-liberal-megadonor-is-spending-big.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In an interview in July 2021, Bongino announced that he had "beaten" cancer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=Marisa |title=FOX Host Dan Bongino, 46, Says Cancer Changed Him Forever: 'Every Minute of Your Life is a Gift' |url=https://www.survivornet.com/articles/fox-host-dan-bongino-expresses-how-cancer-changed-him/ |website=survivornet.com |publisher=SurvivorNet, Inc. |access-date=August 11, 2021}}</ref>

== Electoral history ==
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = [[Francis Rooney]]
|votes = 46,800
|percentage = 52.73
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Chauncey Goss
|votes = 26,520
|percentage = 29.88
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Dan Bongino
|votes = 15,434
|percentage = 17.39
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 88,754
| percentage = 100.00
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{{Election box begin no change | title=2014 Maryland's 6th Congressional District General Election<ref>{{cite web |title=Official 2014 Gubernatorial General Election results for Representative in Congress |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2014/results/General/gen_results_2014_2_00806.html |website=The State Board of Elections |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections |access-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231440/https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2014/results/General/gen_results_2014_2_00806.html |url-status=live |date=December 2, 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = [[John Delaney (Maryland politician)|John Delaney]] (incumbent)
|votes = 94,704
|percentage = 49.7
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Dan Bongino
|votes = 91,930
|percentage = 48.2
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Green Party (US)
|candidate = George Gluck
|votes = 3,762
|percentage = 2.0
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{{Election box total no change
|votes = 190,536
|percentage = 100.00
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{{Election box begin no change| title=2014 Maryland's 6th Congressional District Republican Primary<ref>{{cite web |title=Official 2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for Representative in Congress, Congressional District 6 |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2014/results/Primary/gen_results_2014_1_00806.html |website=The State Board of Elections |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections |access-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231406/https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2014/results/Primary/gen_results_2014_1_00806.html |url-status=live |date=July 16, 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Dan Bongino
|votes = 23,933
|percentage = 83.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Harold W. Painter Jr.
|votes = 4,718
|percentage = 16.5
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| votes = 28,651
| percentage = 100
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = [[Ben Cardin]] (incumbent)
|votes = 1,402,092
|percentage = 55.41
|change = +1.20
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Dan Bongino
|votes = 674,649
|percentage = 26.66
|change = −17.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = [[Rob Sobhani]]
|votes = 420,554
|percentage = 16.62
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Libertarian Party (US)
|candidate = [[Dean Ahmad]]
|votes = 30,672
|percentage = 1.21
|change = +1.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = N/A
|candidate = Others (write-in)
|votes = 2,583
|percentage = 0.10
|change = +0.05
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 727,443
|percentage = 100.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,530,550
|percentage = 68.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Democratic Party (US)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box begin no change | title = United States Senate Election in Maryland, 2012 Republican Primary<ref>{{cite web |title=2012 Presidential Primary Election Results |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2012/results/primary/gen_results_2012_3_007-.html |website=The State Board of Elections |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections |access-date=November 21, 2014 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116231412/https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2012/results/primary/gen_results_2012_3_007-.html |url-status=live |date=May 2, 2012}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Dan Bongino
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 66,561
| percentage = 33.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Richard J. Douglas
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 55,907
| percentage = 28.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Joseph Alexander
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 17,567
| percentage = 8.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Bro Broadus
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 10,503
| percentage = 5.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Rick Hoover
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 10,241
| percentage = 5.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John B. Kimble
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 10,088
| percentage = 5.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = David Jones
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 8,002
| percentage = 4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Corrogan R. Vaughn
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 7,869
| percentage = 4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William Thomas Capps Jr.
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 6,768
| percentage = 3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Brian Vaeth
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 3,602
| percentage = 1.8
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 204,268
| percentage = 100
}}
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== Publications ==
* {{Cite book|last1=Bongino|first1=Dan|title=Life inside the Bubble: Why a Top-Ranked Secret Service Agent Walked Away from It All|isbn=978-1-938067-36-5|publisher=[[WorldNetDaily|WND Books]]|date=November 19, 2013|oclc=858126450}}
* {{Cite book|last1=Bongino|first1=Dan|title=The Fight: A Secret Service Agent's Inside Account of Security Failings and the Political Machine|isbn=978-1-250-08298-5|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]]|date=January 12, 2016|oclc=924683173}}
* {{cite book |title=Follow the Money: The Shocking Deep State Connections of the Anti-Trump Cabal |last1=Bongino |first1=Dan |isbn=9781642936599 |date=October 6, 2020 |publisher=[[Post Hill Press]] |location=New York}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [[Evan Osnos]]: [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/03/dan-bongino-and-the-big-business-of-returning-trump-to-power ''Dan Bongino and the Big Business of Returning Trump to Power.''] In: ''[[The New Yorker]]'', December 27, 2021.

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