Alan Schlesinger

Alan Schlesinger (1960-) is an attorney, former Derby, Connecticut mayor, former Connecticut State Representative, and three-time unsuccessful Congressional candidate who received the Republican nomination for the seat representing Connecticut that is currently held by U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman and was contested in the 2006 election. Image File history File links AlanSchlesinger2006. ... Derby is a town located in New Haven County, Connecticut. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... GOP redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Joseph Isadore Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American politician from Connecticut. ... Seats up for election. ...

Background

After graduating from Amity Regional High School (which serves Orange, Woodbridge, and Bethany), Schlesinger earned a bachelor's degree from the Wharton School of Finance of the University of Pennsylvania in Economics, and later a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He then entered private law practice, starting the law firm of Schlesinger and Barbara in Shelton. From 1979-1981, he was a member of the Board of Selectmen of Orange before his election as a State Representative. He would serve six terms in the Connecticut General Assembly, until being defeated for re-election in 1992. He was then elected as Mayor of Derby and served in that capacity from 1994 until after his defeat for re-election in 1997. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican Congressional nomination from the Fifth District three times: in 1984 (defeated by then State Rep. John Rowland), 1990 (defeated by then Waterbury Alderman Gary Franks) and 1998 (defeated by then State Sen. Mark Nielsen). Both Rowland and Franks went on to win election to the Congressional seat, and Nielsen became counsel to Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney after two unsuccessful attempts to win the seat. Orange is a town located in New Haven County, Connecticut. ... Woodbridge is a town located in New Haven County, Connecticut. ... Bethany is a town located in New Haven County, Connecticut. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is a business school founded in 1881 by Joseph Wharton, who hoped the School would produce graduates who would become pillars of the state, whether in private or in public life. ... The University of Pennsylvania (or Penn[3][4]) is a private, nonsectarian research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Face-to-face trading interactions among on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor Economics, as a social science, studies the production, distribution, and consumption of resources. ... The University of Connecticut School of Law is a public law school located in Hartford, Connecticut and is the only public law school in Connecticut and among only two in New England. ... Shelton is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ... The Board of Selectmen is commonly the executive arm of town government in New England. ... Orange is a town located in New Haven County, Connecticut. ... The Connecticut General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. ... Derby is a town located in New Haven County, Connecticut. ... John G. Rowland (born May 24, 1957 in Waterbury, Connecticut) was the Governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004. ... Gary A. Franks (b. ... Mark Nielsen (born 1964) was a Connecticut politician during the 1990s and is presently legal counsel to Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. ... Rowland may refer to: ORothlain Rowland, Derbyshire, England Rowland, North Carolina, USA Daniel Rowland Rowland (crater) on the Moon An on-air television personality of John Zacherle Webcomic Wigu, When I Grow Up and Overcompensating author Jeffrey Rowland Henry Augustus Rowland, phys. ... Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is the 70th and current Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ...

2006 U.S. Senate campaign

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In April 2006, Schlesinger announced his intention to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Joe Lieberman, with a pledge to spend $500,000 of his personal funds on the campaign. The 2006 U.S. Senate election for the state of Connecticut will be held November 7, 2006. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ...

Schlesinger has received strong criticism for his gambling at Connecticut casinos under the alias "Alan Gold". He is accused of using the alias to avoid detection as a card counter, while Schlesinger maintains he only used the alias to protect his privacy as a public official. (Card counting is not an illegal activity, but many casinos exercise their right to remove card counters from their businesses.) It was contended that the scandal would jeopardize Schlesinger's latest candidacy for office as it was suggested by Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell that he should consider withdrawing [1]. State party chairman George Gallo said he felt Schlesinger "cleared the air" after he gave a press conference after the story broke, and said that he had not asked Schlesinger to step aside. [2] Thus far, Schlesinger has said that he will refuse to fold, which will keep him on the Republican line on the November ballot despite any party opposition. On July 21, the Hartford Courant reported Schlesinger had been sued twice by New Jersey casinos for gambling debts, but had settled out of court, paying back both debts with interest. Card counting is a card game strategy used to determine when a player has a probability advantage. ... The following is a list of Governors of the State of Connecticut, from the Colonial period through present day. ... Categories: Stub | 1946 births | Governors of Connecticut ... The Hartford Courant is Connecticuts largest daily newspaper, and the only morning newspaper for most of the state north of New Haven and east of Waterbury. ...

He supports a campaign program of immigration, tax, social security, Medicare, and spending reform. He is a self-described "moderate-conservative"; among other issue stances, he opposes affirmative action and amnesty for illegal immigrants, and, while he says he is otherwise pro-choice, supports mandatory parental notification before a minor can have an abortion. He says he can reach out to independents, as he did to win in Derby, a city where Republicans are outnumbered 4:1. He is generally considered a longshot to win the Senate seat and recent polls generally show is support in the three-way race to be under 10%, generally as low as 6%. Social security primarily refers to a field of social welfare concerned with social protection, or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment, families with children and others. ... President Johnson signing the Medicare amendment. ... In politics and religion, a moderate is an individual who holds an intermediate position between two extreme or radical viewpoints. ... Conservative may refer to: Conservatism, political philosophy A member of a Conservative Party Conservative extension, premise of deductive logic Conservativity theorem, mathematical proof of conservative extension Conservative Judaism britney spears Category: ... Affirmative action (or, in British English, positive discrimination) is a policy or a program whose stated goal is to redress past or present discrimination through active measures to ensure equal opportunity, as in education and employment. ... Look up Amnesty in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Illegal immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently, in violation of the law or without documents permitting an immigrant to settle in that country. ... Pro-choice activists on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, to rally for abortion rights on the anniversary of Roe v. ...

President George W. Bush has declined to endorse Schlesinger's candidacy. White House Press Secretary Tony Snow has said that the Connecticut Republican Party "has suggested that we not make an endorsement in that race and so we're not."^[1] George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... The White House Press Secretary is a senior White House official with a rank one step below Presidential Cabinet level. ... Tony Snow Robert Anthony Tony Snow (born June 1, 1955) is the White House Press Secretary for the George W. Bush administration. ... GOP redirects here. ...

Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman won the election, running as an Independent after losing the Democratic Party's nomination in an August primary, with 50 percent of the vote, defeating Democratic opponent Ned Lamont, who defeated Senator Lieberman in the primary, who took 40 percent, and Schlesinger who polled 10 percent, a number considered low but still impressive considering many did not anticipate Schlesinger to enter double-digit territory, which he very narrowly did. Upon his victory, Lieberman announced he would caucus with the Democratic majority in the Senate in the 110th Congress. Joseph Isadore Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American politician from Connecticut. ... The 110th United States Congress will be in session from noon on January 3, 2007 until noon on January 3, 2009. ...

References

1. ^ "Bush will not endorse Republican opposing Lieberman". (August 15, 2006). Reuters

External links

• Official Alan Schlesinger for Senate 2006 Website
• http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Alan_Schlesinger.htm
• Connecticut Conservative Interview with Schlesinger