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  2. Gingrich later emerged as a key ally of President Donald Trump, and was reportedly among the finalists on Trump's short list for running matein the 2016 election.[11] Since 2020, Gingrich has supported Donald Trump's claims of a stolen election, and claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

  3. Sep 28, 2024 · Newt Gingrich (born June 17, 1943, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American politician, who served as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1995–98); he was the first Republican to hold the office in 40 years. He later sought the party’s nomination for president in 2012.

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  4. Oct 15, 2018 · Newt Gingrich turned partisan battles into bloodsport, wrecked Congress, and paved the way for Trump’s rise. Now he’s reveling in his achievements.

  5. In 1989, Gingrich brought down Democratic Speaker of the House Jim Wright and catapulted himself into the national spotlight. Perhaps more than any other politician, Gingrich introduced the rhetoric and tactics that have shaped Congress and the Republican Party for the last three decades.

  6. May 29, 2018 · Hailed as Time's "Man of the Year" in 1995 and touted by some historians as this century's most influential Speaker, U. S. Representative Newt Gingrich (born 1943) held on to his Speaker's post by a narrow margin of only three votes in 1997.

  7. Jul 7, 2020 · When Gingrich was elected to the House of Representatives in 1978, he became a part of the new generation of Republicans staunchly committed to the party, Zelizer says. He was determined to...

  8. Aug 29, 2008 · As a Republican U.S. congressman from Georgia’s Sixth District from 1979 to 1999, Newt Gingrich emerged as one of the nation’s most powerful and polarizing political leaders in the 1990s.