caption website religion birth_place nationality party name birth_date image article_title birth_name alma_mater
sobhani in october 2012 -lsb- -rsb- http://www.robsobhani.com/ personal website -rsb- -lsb- http://www.sobhani2012.com/ campaign website episcopalian fort leavenworth , kansas , u.s. american republican present -rrb- -lrb- before 2011 -rrb- independent -lrb- 2011 -- rob sobhani 14 february 1960 230px rob sobhani
 sohrab sobhani georgetown university
rob sobhani

sohrab `` rob '' sobhani -lrb- born february 14 , 1960 -rrb- is an american author and lecturer on energy issues , u.s. immigration policies and u.s. policy toward the middle east .
formerly a professor at georgetown university , sobhani is currently the chairman and chief executive of caspian group , a company that specializes in working with companies that have business interests in the united states , the middle east and the former soviet union .
sobhani has published one book on immigration : `` press 2 for english : fix immigration , save america '' , and two books on foreign affairs : `` king abdullah of saudi arabia : a leader of consequence '' and `` the pragmatic entente : israeli-iranian relations , 1948-1988 '' .
sobhani ran as an independent candidate for the united states senate in maryland in 2012 against republican nominee daniel bongino , libertarian dean ahmad , and democratic incumbent ben cardin .
he received 17.1 percent of the vote .
beating the state 's all-time mark for an independent or third-party candidate .
senator cardin was re-elected .
