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She’ll sing her dad’s praises if he runs for US Senate.
“American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi thinks her father, a former GOP congressman from Westchester County, will beat the competition for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s seat.
Joe DioGuardi, 69, is expected to make a formal announcement Tuesday in Grand Central Terminal.
“He’s my father, and of course I’m supportive of him. He always encouraged me in my dreams,” Kara DioGuardi told The Post.
“We don’t always agree on every issue. But no matter what our differences are, I love him. He has more energy than anyone I know. When he is working, he is Superman.”
DioGuardi believes her dad has a good shot at winning.
She recalled that when she was a teen growing up in New Rochelle, her fiscally conservative dad showed her the congressional ID card he used to cast votes.
“This is the most expensive credit card in the world. You don’t have to be accountable,” he told her.
“In essence, he was saying the card allows you to spend money,” DioGuardi explained.
“He always said the deficit was way more than what they [Congress] said, and 25 years later, he has been proven right. We need people who know about spending.”
DioGuardi wouldn’t disclose her party registration.
“To me, it’s not whether he’s a Republican or Democrat or if I’m a Republican or Democrat. We have our opinions,” she said. “I vote based on the candidate.”
Though she’s glad to speak up for her father, she laments she won’t be able to campaign for him.
“If I have one more job, I will fall apart,” the “American Idol” judge and songwriter laughed.
Besides, she said, “I live in California now.”
Joe DioGuardi, an accountant, lost his seat in Congress to Nita Lowey, a Democrat, in 1988.
He’s expected to join Nassau County lawmaker Bruce Blakeman and economic expert David Malpass in a GOP primary.
If elected, he wouldn’t be the first GOP senator with an offspring connected to “Idol.” Kayla Brown, daughter of newly elected Scott Brown of Massachusetts, competed on the show when she was 17.