William E. Curry Jr
| Bill Curry | |
|---|---|
| Counselor to the President | |
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In office February 21, 1995 – January 20, 1997 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | David Gergen |
| Succeeded by | Paul Begala |
| Comptroller of Connecticut | |
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In office January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1995 |
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| Governor | Lowell Weicker |
| Preceded by | Edward Caldwell |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Wyman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 17, 1951 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education |
Georgetown University (BA) University of Connecticut, Hartford (JD) |
William E. Curry, Jr. (born December 17, 1951, in Hartford, Connecticut) has been a two-time Democratic nominee for Governor of Connecticut and a White House advisor in the administration of Bill Clinton.
Curry was educated at St Justin's School in Hartford and Northwest Catholic High School in West Hartford. He received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and a law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law. In 1978, at the age of 26, he was elected state senator from a district that included Farmington, Connecticut. Curry served two terms and then faced fellow state senator Nancy Johnson, a moderate Republican from New Britain in 1982 for the open seat formerly held by Toby Moffett in what was then the Sixth Congressional District.
During the ensuing eight years, Curry practiced law and worked in public policy positions in Washington, D.C. He was head of Freeze Voter, a nuclear freeze group.
In 1990, Curry was elected state comptroller after a convention fight, winning statewide election against the Republican nominee, Joel Schiavone. He served one term.
During his political career Curry has been the favored candidate of liberal Connecticut Democrats and pundits frequently at odds with the old style moderate policies favored by such figures as former Governor William O'Neill and former party chairman John Droney.
In 1994, John Larson won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in a convention, and Curry challenged him successfully in a primary. The field in the general election included former Republican U.S. Representative John G. Rowland, Eunice Groark (lieutenant governor under the departing officeholder, Gov. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.), Curry and Tom Scott, a former Republican legislator from Milford, Connecticut and talk show host running a conservative, anti-tax independent candidacy
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