Daniel Imperato
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Daniel Imperato is an American
businessman, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Libertarian Party
nomination for President of the United States
in 2008. Imperato has also unsuccessfully sought the Green Party
, Reform Party, and Constitution Party
nominations. A resident of West Palm Beach
, Florida, the 2008 election
was Imperato's first run for political office. Imperato's campaign literature describes him as an "independent
Libertarian
" and an "alternative candidate" for the Presidency. He is married and has one stepson.
, Massachusetts. Daniel is the son of Paul "Sonny" Imperato and the late Mary C. Imperato. The Imperatos were originally immigrants from Italy
. When promoting The Red Worm (a film he supposedly produced), Imperato claimed his family was descended from the Roman Emperor
Nero
.
http://www.imperato2008.com/imperato2008/images/Vatican-Certificate-2.jpg and a Knight of Malta http://www.imperato2008.com/imperato2008/images/maltacert.jpg.
Imperato was a board member and headed up the Palm Beach, Florida branch office of the African Center Foundation. Imperato's website claims the organization is a United Nations non-governmental organization
http://www.imperato2008.com/imperato2008/quickfacts.asp but in reality only works with the United Nations Economic and Social Council
http://www.prnewsnow.com/PR%20News%20Releases/Society/African%20American%20Interests/African%20Center%20Foundation%20ACF%20Opens%20New%20Palm%20Beach%20Branch. Imperato also is a Chaplain for the Latin/African American Chaplain's Association http://www.openpr.com/news/16903/Presidential-Candidate-and-Newly-Ordained-LACA-Chaplain-Imperato-Calls-on-Mayor-Bloomberg-for-Support.html.
. These awards include a 2004 NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee
) Honorary Chairman of the Business Advisory Council, a Ronald Reagan
Gold Medal Winner, and a 2007 recipient of the Order of Merit from the NRCC.
, but never secured the nomination of any political party. He was vocal on many "culture war
" issues, including keeping religious symbols, such as the Ten Commandments
, and religious
references, such as "In God We Trust
", in American
government.
Imperato appealed very strongly to the Hispanic community with a pro-immigration
policy, and has been covered by many Hispanic media outlets. In October 2007, Imperato spoke at the Hispanic Achievers Awards Banquet and the HAP Institute Forum on Energy Policy in Las Vegas
, Nevada Imperato has supported ballot access
for third parties, meeting with the Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform Movement in Oklahoma.
Imperato appeared in front of the Reform Party of the United States of America
, for their consideration as their Presidential candidate in 2008. In addition, Imperato participated in a debate with other candidates at the Libertarian Party
State Chairs Conference in Orlando on March 19, 2007. Imperato toured the country visiting Libertarian Conventions in ten states. . At the North Carolina convention Imperto claimed he had spent about $2 million of his own money on his campaign, but his Federal Election Commission
filing did not collaborate this claim. It stated that he had personally contributed $77,945 of the $78,195 raised as of March 31, 2008. Imperato was placed on the ballot for the Libertarian Party Presidential primary election in California.
On July 10, 2007 He joined other candidates at the Independent Green Party of Virginia
Presidential Debate at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
, moderated by CBS newsman, and former host of Meet the Press
, Marvin Kalb
On July 12–15, 2007 Imperato attended the Green Party
national meeting in Reading
, Pennsylvania. Imperato was among the ten candidates participating in a two hour forum before 200 Green Party delegates.
In a field survey conducted by LibertarianLists of Libertarian Party, concluded March 11, 2007, 98 Libertarian National Convention delegates responded with zero (0%) preferring Imperato as the Libertarian Party nominee. The same field survey was provided to 677 Libertarian Party Members who responded with 4 (0.59%) who prefer Imperato for the nomination.
On April 26, 2008, the Constitution Party held a convention to vote on its nominee. Imperato received one vote. Chuck Baldwin
won the nomination with 383.8 votes.
by paying a fee. Imperato received a little over 13,000 votes in the general election, which was less than one third of one percent of the total vote cast.
Source: Florida Division of Elections
United States
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businessman, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Libertarian Party
Libertarian Party (United States)
The Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in the United States. The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects its brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration...
nomination for President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
in 2008. Imperato has also unsuccessfully sought the Green Party
Green Party (United States)
The Green Party of the United States is a nationally recognized political party which officially formed in 1991. It is a voluntary association of state green parties. Prior to national formation, many state affiliates had already formed and were recognized by other state parties...
, Reform Party, and Constitution Party
Constitution Party (United States)
The Constitution Party is a paleoconservative political party in the United States. It was founded as the U.S. Taxpayers' Party by Howard Philips in 1991. Phillips was the party's candidate in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 presidential elections...
nominations. A resident of West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...
, Florida, the 2008 election
United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...
was Imperato's first run for political office. Imperato's campaign literature describes him as an "independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
Libertarian
Libertarianism
Libertarianism, in the strictest sense, is the political philosophy that holds individual liberty as the basic moral principle of society. In the broadest sense, it is any political philosophy which approximates this view...
" and an "alternative candidate" for the Presidency. He is married and has one stepson.
Early life
Imperato grew up in RevereRevere, Massachusetts
Revere is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, and located approximately from downtown Boston. It is named after the American patriot Paul Revere. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 51,755.- History :...
, Massachusetts. Daniel is the son of Paul "Sonny" Imperato and the late Mary C. Imperato. The Imperatos were originally immigrants from Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. When promoting The Red Worm (a film he supposedly produced), Imperato claimed his family was descended from the Roman Emperor
Roman Emperor
The Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office although at any given time, a given title was associated with the emperor...
Nero
Nero
Nero , was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was adopted by his great-uncle Claudius to become his heir and successor, and succeeded to the throne in 54 following Claudius' death....
.
Honors
Imperato is currently a Papal KnightKnight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
http://www.imperato2008.com/imperato2008/images/Vatican-Certificate-2.jpg and a Knight of Malta http://www.imperato2008.com/imperato2008/images/maltacert.jpg.
Imperato was a board member and headed up the Palm Beach, Florida branch office of the African Center Foundation. Imperato's website claims the organization is a United Nations non-governmental organization
Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations , and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are...
http://www.imperato2008.com/imperato2008/quickfacts.asp but in reality only works with the United Nations Economic and Social Council
United Nations Economic and Social Council
The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations constitutes one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and it is responsible for the coordination of the economic, social and related work of 14 UN specialized agencies, its functional commissions and five regional commissions...
http://www.prnewsnow.com/PR%20News%20Releases/Society/African%20American%20Interests/African%20Center%20Foundation%20ACF%20Opens%20New%20Palm%20Beach%20Branch. Imperato also is a Chaplain for the Latin/African American Chaplain's Association http://www.openpr.com/news/16903/Presidential-Candidate-and-Newly-Ordained-LACA-Chaplain-Imperato-Calls-on-Mayor-Bloomberg-for-Support.html.
Awards
Imperato has also received several awards from the Republican PartyRepublican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
. These awards include a 2004 NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
The National Republican Congressional Committee is the Republican Hill committee which works to elect Republicans to the United States House of Representatives....
) Honorary Chairman of the Business Advisory Council, a Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
Gold Medal Winner, and a 2007 recipient of the Order of Merit from the NRCC.
2008 Presidential campaign
Imperato participated in several candidate forums held by third partiesThird party (United States)
The term third party is used in the United States for any and all political parties in the United States other than one of the two major parties . The term can also refer to independent politicians not affiliated with any party at all and to write-in candidates.The United States has had a...
, but never secured the nomination of any political party. He was vocal on many "culture war
Culture war
The culture war in American usage is a metaphor used to claim that political conflict is based on sets of conflicting cultural values. The term frequently implies a conflict between those values considered traditionalist or conservative and those considered progressive or liberal...
" issues, including keeping religious symbols, such as the Ten Commandments
Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue , are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in Judaism and most forms of Christianity. They include instructions to worship only God and to keep the Sabbath, and prohibitions against idolatry,...
, and religious
Religion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
references, such as "In God We Trust
In God We Trust
"In God We Trust" was adopted as the official motto of the United States in 1956. It is also the motto of the U.S. state of Florida. The Legality of this motto has been questioned because of the United States Constitution forbidding the government to make any law respecting the establishment of a...
", in American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
government.
Imperato appealed very strongly to the Hispanic community with a pro-immigration
Immigration
Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...
policy, and has been covered by many Hispanic media outlets. In October 2007, Imperato spoke at the Hispanic Achievers Awards Banquet and the HAP Institute Forum on Energy Policy in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, Nevada Imperato has supported ballot access
Ballot access
Ballot access rules, called nomination rules outside the United States, regulate the conditions under which a candidate or political party is either entitled to stand for election or to appear on voters' ballots...
for third parties, meeting with the Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform Movement in Oklahoma.
Imperato appeared in front of the Reform Party of the United States of America
Reform Party of the United States of America
The Reform Party of the United States of America is a political party in the United States, founded in 1995 by Ross Perot...
, for their consideration as their Presidential candidate in 2008. In addition, Imperato participated in a debate with other candidates at the Libertarian Party
Libertarian Party (United States)
The Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in the United States. The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects its brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration...
State Chairs Conference in Orlando on March 19, 2007. Imperato toured the country visiting Libertarian Conventions in ten states. . At the North Carolina convention Imperto claimed he had spent about $2 million of his own money on his campaign, but his Federal Election Commission
Federal Election Commission
The Federal Election Commission is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the campaign finance legislation in the United States. It was created in a provision of the 1975 amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act...
filing did not collaborate this claim. It stated that he had personally contributed $77,945 of the $78,195 raised as of March 31, 2008. Imperato was placed on the ballot for the Libertarian Party Presidential primary election in California.
On July 10, 2007 He joined other candidates at the Independent Green Party of Virginia
Independent Green Party of Virginia
The Independent Greens of Virginia, , is the state affiliate of the Independence Party of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It became a state party around 2003 when a faction of the Arlington local chapter of the Green Party of Virginia split from the main party...
Presidential Debate at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, moderated by CBS newsman, and former host of Meet the Press
Meet the Press
Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC. It is the longest-running television series in American broadcasting history, despite bearing little resemblance to the original format of the program seen in its television debut on November 6, 1947. It has been...
, Marvin Kalb
Marvin Kalb
Marvin L. Kalb is an American journalist. Kalb was the Shorenstein Center's Founding Director and Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy . The Shorenstein Center and the Kennedy School are part of Harvard University...
On July 12–15, 2007 Imperato attended the Green Party
Green Party (United States)
The Green Party of the United States is a nationally recognized political party which officially formed in 1991. It is a voluntary association of state green parties. Prior to national formation, many state affiliates had already formed and were recognized by other state parties...
national meeting in Reading
Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading is a city in southeastern Pennsylvania, USA, and seat of Berks County. Reading is the principal city of the Greater Reading Area and had a population of 88,082 as of the 2010 census, making it the fifth most populated city in the state after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown and Erie,...
, Pennsylvania. Imperato was among the ten candidates participating in a two hour forum before 200 Green Party delegates.
In a field survey conducted by LibertarianLists of Libertarian Party, concluded March 11, 2007, 98 Libertarian National Convention delegates responded with zero (0%) preferring Imperato as the Libertarian Party nominee. The same field survey was provided to 677 Libertarian Party Members who responded with 4 (0.59%) who prefer Imperato for the nomination.
On April 26, 2008, the Constitution Party held a convention to vote on its nominee. Imperato received one vote. Chuck Baldwin
Chuck Baldwin
Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin is an American politician and founder-pastor of Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida. He was the presidential nominee of the Constitution Party for the 2008 U.S. presidential election and had previously been its nominee for U.S. vice president in 2004...
won the nomination with 383.8 votes.
2010 Florida Gubernatorial race
Daniel Imperato qualified as a non partisan candidate for the 2010 Florida gubernatorial electionFlorida gubernatorial election, 2010
The 2010 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Governor Charlie Crist chose not to run for a second term and instead ran for the Senate seat vacated by Mel Martinez. This resulted in an open race for Governor of Florida...
by paying a fee. Imperato received a little over 13,000 votes in the general election, which was less than one third of one percent of the total vote cast.
Source: Florida Division of Elections
External links
- Official Campaign Website
- Candidate profile on Project Vote SmartProject Vote SmartProject Vote Smart is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States...
- Imperiali Organization Website
- Six Questions with... Daniel Imperato
- Pro and con responses from Imperato on 20+ issues
- Presidential campaign FEC disclosure report