Peter Lumaj: President, Founding Partner, Senior Strategist

was born and raised in communist Albania. Lack of freedom and opportunity in his homeland encouraged Peter and his three brothers to escape oppression and settle in the United States. They left behind their parents and their seven other siblings, who suffered severe persecution at the hands of the communist government.

Once in the United States, Peter learned English and enrolled in the City University of New York. While attending college, Peter worked as a porter and a doorman to support his family and to pay for his education. Peter went on to graduate Cum Laude with a B.A. in Political Science. Later, Peter enrolled in the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. While attending law school, he worked as a fraud investigator in the Giuliani Administration. 

In 2014, Peter was selected as the Republican nominee for Connecticut Secretary of the State. In the 2014 general election, he is credited with running one of the closest races for statewide office in recent history in Connecticut.

In 2018, he sought the Republican nomination for governor in the State of Connecticut; he fell short three delegates at the Republican Convention, narrowly missing the threshold to automatically qualify for a spot on the primary ballot. Rather than pursue a petition process for ballot access, Lumaj withdrew from the race and returned to the private sector.

In addition to his work at Praetorian Strategy Group, Peter is a small businessman, a practicing attorney and the owner of the Law Offices of Lumaj. Lumaj makes major media appearances as a Republican Political Strategist on stations such as FOX News, SKY News, Fox 61, i24News, etc. He remains involved in national, state and local politics, and is widely recognizable as a major force within the conservative movement within the Connecticut Republican Party.

Peter Lumaj resides in Fairfield, Connecticut. He is married to his wife Mary, and they have three children: Frank, Amy, and Larisa.

Joe Hoxha: Vice President of Strategic Development, Founding Partner, Senior Strategist

was born in Tirana, Albania in the years following the fall of the communist regime. Joe and his family came to the United States as immigrants in 1996 when he was just three and a half years old; the unstable environment in the years following the end of Albania’s communist regime drove his family to search for a better future in America. Joe and his family lived in Waterbury, Connecticut before moving to Bristol, Connecticut; where, at the time, there was an abundance of work in the manufacturing sector. 

Joe grew up working class; he attended Bristol public schools where he played various sports including soccer and wrestling. During grade school, Joe always exhibited a deep interest in politics and American history. Joe is a graduate from the University of Connecticut where he holds two degrees- A dual B.A. in Political Science & Anthropology with a History Minor and a B.A. in Sociology. 

Since graduating from college, Joe has pursued his passion of politics by working on campaigns and helping to elect conservative Republican candidates into office. He has worked on campaigns in Connecticut, Texas, New Hampshire, Virginia and Missouri, where he specializes in the development of field strategy. He most recently consulted for various gubernatorial and legislative campaigns during the 2018 election cycle. Joe is also an active member of his Republican Town Committee and is an elected member of “State Central” the governing body of the Connecticut Republican Party. He is an avid sports fan who also enjoys assisting his father in various real estate ventures. 

Joe has since moved back to his hometown of Bristol, Connecticut where he currently resides.