Robert Richard Guzzardi (born 1944) is an American attorney, real estate developer, conservative financier, and political activist.
[2] He has served on the boards of Middle East Forum, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, Zionist Organization of America, Dollars for Scholars and Yorktown University in Colorado.
[citation needed] Guzzardi was an early and significant force in recruiting and funding tire salesman Mike Folmer's challenge to Chip Brightbill in the Republican primary for the 48th senatorial district in the Pennsylvania Senate.
[8] In October 2005, Guzzardi sponsored two public opinion polls in the 30th senatorial district to gauge the damage that the pay raise had done to longtime Republican Senator Robert Jubelirer.
[11] Instead, Guzzardi set out to unseat John Perzel from his Speakership by funding State House candidates of both parties that would refuse to vote for him in the Speaker election.
[17] On March 10, 2014, it was announced that Guzzardi had acquired enough signatures on nominating petitions to face Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett in the May 20 Republican primary.
[18] However, Guzzardi failed to file a statement of financial interests as required by law, after being told by an employee of the State Department that it was unnecessary.