What is Gary Hart?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Gary Hart |image = NH convention 20190907-DSC04323 (48701167067) (cropped).jpg |office = [[United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland]] |president = [[Barack Obama]] |term_start = October 21, 2014 |term_end = January 20, 2017 |predecessor = [[Declan Kelly (American diplomat)|Declan Kelly]] {{small|(2011)}} |successor = [[Mick Mulvaney]] {{small|(2020)}} |office1 = Vice Chairman of the [[Homeland Security Advisory Council]] |term_start1 = June 5, 2009 |term_end1 = February 8, 2011 |president1 = [[Barack Obama]] |predecessor1 = [[James Schlesinger]] |successor1 = [[Bill Bratton]] |jr/sr2 = United States Senator |state2 = [[Colorado]] |term_start2 = January 3, 1975 |term_end2 = January 3, 1987 |predecessor2 = [[Peter H. Dominick|Peter Dominick]] |successor2 = [[Tim Wirth]] |birth_name = Gary Warren Hartpence |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|11|28}} |birth_place = [[Ottawa, Kansas|Ottawa]], [[Kansas]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|Oletha Lee Ludwig|1958|2021|reason=her death}} |children = Andrea<br>John |alma_mater = {{nowrap|[[Southern Nazarene University]]}}<br>[[Yale University]]<br>[[St Antony's College, Oxford]] |allegiance = {{flag|United States}} |branch = {{flag|United States Navy}} |unit = [[United States Naval Reserve]] }} '''Gary Hart''' (born '''Gary Warren Hartpence'''; November 28, 1936) is an [[Americans|American]] politician, lawyer, author, professor and commentator. He was the [[United States Senate|United States senator]] of [[Colorado]] serving from 1975 through 1987. He ran in the United States presidential elections in [[United States presidential election, 1984|1984]] and again in [[United States presidential election, 1988|1988]] for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Hart was born '''Garry Warren Hartpence''' in [[Ot