Private sector In 1991, Bengur co-founded Bengur Bryan & Co., an investment banking firm specializing in financing and mergers and acquisitions. He is also Chairman of PJPA, LLC, a large
Papa John's franchisee operating stores in Delaware and New Jersey. At age 30, he worked as an aide to
Maine Governor
Joseph E. Brennan. Bengur was later named Deputy Director of the Maine Office of Energy Resources. Bengur was an Alternate Delegate from Maine to the
1980 Democratic National Convention.
Political activity Bengur was a candidate in the Democratic
primary for the
United States House of Representatives in
Maryland's 2nd district in 2002. He spent $50,000 of his own money in the race, losing to
Dutch Ruppersberger. In 2006, he sought the Democratic nomination for Congress in the
3rd district, but lost to
John Sarbanes. He was also a 2010 candidate for Delegate in Maryland's 42nd District. ==See also==