--- title: Gary Hart | TIME description: Gary Hart is a former United States Senator. canonical: https://time.com/author/gary-hart/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/gary-hart/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Gary Hart ## Gary Hart Gary Hart is a former United States Senator. ## Gary Hart * ![WASHINGTON, USA - JULY 21: The American Flag flies above the White House after President Barack Obama ordered it lowered to half staff in honor of the four Marines and one Sailor killed in Chattanooga, TN in Washington, USA on JULY 21, 2015. \(Photo by Sa](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5bda707ae55271fc/698861850b72e3afc06e599b/white-house.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Oct 22, 2015 ### [Gary Hart: When Do the Grown-Ups Take Charge?](https://time.com/4083766/gary-hart-when-do-the-grown-ups-take-charge/) ‘A considerable number of us choose to believe we will wake up tomorrow and a missing degree of sani... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) * ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg) Jun 26, 2015 ### [America's Founding Principles Are in Danger of Corruption](https://time.com/3937860/gary-hart-america-corruption/) Welcome to the age of vanity politics and campaigns-for-hire. What would our founders make of this n... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) * ![President George Bush, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton \(D-NY\), former U.S. President Bill Clinton, former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter walk through the crowd during the funeral for Coretta Scott King at the New Birth](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac99366dce309e6b/6987eb9bcd6848390f09d92b/clinton-bush-politics.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Apr 17, 2015 ### [Dare We Call It Oligarchy?](https://time.com/3826278/gary-hart-dare-we-call-it-oligarchy/) If the presidency were to pass back and forth between two or three families in any Latin American na... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/gary-hart/","name":"Gary Hart"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/gary-hart/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/gary-hart/"},"name":"Gary Hart","jobTitle":null,"description":"Gary Hart is a former United States Senator.","url":"https://time.com/author/gary-hart/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```