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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Bill Curry |
| Address | 56 Arbor St
Hartford, Connecticut 06106, United States |
| Email | mail@curry02.com |
| Website | [Link] |
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December 17, 1951
(72 years)
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modifed | Barack O-blame-a
Nov 22, 2012 09:05pm |
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| Info | A Connecticut native, Bill Curry was born in Hartford in 1951 and was educated at Saint Justin's in Hartford and Northwest Catholic School in West Hartford. After receiving an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, Bill obtained his law degree from the University of Connecticut's School of Law.
In 1978, at the age of 26, Bill became one of the youngest people in Connecticut's history to be elected to the state Senate. As a Senator, Bill helped introduce legislation to control hazardous waste, open government records for public scrutiny, ban discrimination against the mentally impaired and require plain language in consumer contracts. Bill then spent the next eight years practicing law and working in both national and international public policy positions in Washington, D.C.
In 1990, Bill won the Democratic nomination for State Comptroller in a convention challenge and went on to defeat the Republican candidate, Joel Schiavone, in the general election.
In 1994, Bill challenged the convention-endorsed candidate for Governor and won a hard-fought Democratic primary. In the general election, crowded with a slate of four candidates, Bill came within only three points of becoming the State's Governor. In the year of the Gingrich sweep, Bill had the second strongest showing among Democrats for an open seat in any U.S. Senate, House or Governor's race in the country.
Bill's conduct in that campaign attracted national attention. Just after the election, Bill accepted an invitation from President Clinton to join him at the White House as Counselor to the President. As a domestic strategist for the President, Bill received national recognition for his work in helping to balance the budget, strengthen education, increase healthcare for children and expand community policing.
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