Alan Schlesinger

Alan Schlesinger
Schlesinger after a U.S. Senate debate on October 18, 2006.
Mayor of Derby, Connecticut
In office January 3, 1994 – January 1, 1998
Succeeded by	Marc J. Garofalo
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 114 district
In office January 1981 – January 1993
Succeeded by	Ellen Scalettar
Personal details
Born	(1958-01-04) January 4, 1958 (age 59)
Political party	Republican
Education	Wharton School of Finance (U Penn) B.S. Economics 1979, University of Connecticut School of Law JD 1987
Profession	Attorney

Alan Schlesinger (born January 4, 1958) is an American attorney, entrepreneur, politician and member of the Republican Party from the State of Florida. He has previously served as the Mayor of Derby, Connecticut from 1994 to 1998 and as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993. He ran three unsuccessful campaigns for the Republican nomination in Connecticut's 5th congressional district: in 1984, 1990 and 1998. He was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2006, finishing third with 9.6%, behind incumbent Senator Joe Lieberman, who won with 49.7% and Democrat Ned Lamont, who took 39.7%. After his defeat, Schlesinger moved to Florida and considered running for Congress from there in 2008 and 2010. In 2013, he announced that he was running in Florida's 18th congressional district, in the 2014 elections. In 2014, he finished in second place for the Republican nomination behind Carl J. Domino.

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, he chose not to run for re-election in 1992 and was succeeded by Democrat Ellen Scalettar.