Andrew J. Horne is an attorney and a retired United States Marine Corps Reserves Lieutenant Colonel from Louisville, Kentucky who served in the Persian Gulf War and the Iraq War. Initially he tenatively supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq but revised his stance on the matter, stating "Iraq is a symptom of what's wrong with this [the Bush] Administration." He filed to run for the Democratic Party's nomination for U.S. Senate in Kentucky, but dropped out of the race two weeks after filing. Growing up Andrew Horne began working by mowing grass in neighborhoods, delivering newspapers such as the Courier Journal and Louisville Times, working on an organic farm, and working in his family's local laundry cleaners. Horne was also a Boy Scout during his juvenile years. Andrew Horne attended Pleasure Ridge Park High School and enlisted in the Marine Reserves before graduating in 1979. He served his boot camp at Parris Island and then returned home to be accepted in a Platoon Leaders course. Andrew Horne graduated from the University of Louisville in 1983.