Jack Orchulli
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Jack Orchulli (born 1946) is a Darien, Connecticut millionaire businessman who was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for the Connecticut seat held by Christopher Dodd in the U.S. Senate election, 2004.
Orchulli won 33% of the vote after loaning his campaign $1.5 million, but he never improved from long-shot standing against incumbent Senator Christopher Dodd, who won his 5th consecutive term for the Democrats with 65%. Orchulli ran with no prior political experience.
He is considered as a possible replacement for Alan Schlesinger, now under fire for gambling under an assumed name at Connecticut casinos, as the Republican candidate to contest the seat of U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman in the November 2006 election. Schlesinger has been called on by Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Republican State Chairman George Gallo to withdraw from the race against Lieberman, who lost an August 8 primary by J.P. Morgan heir and Greenwich investor/businessman Ned Lamont. Gallo has named Orchulli as a possible replacement for the embattled Schlesinger, but Schlesinger has said thus far that he will stand pat despite the calls to fold his hand. [1]
[edit] External links
- Jack for Senate official site of his campaign.
- New York Times: In Connecticut, Dodd Easily Tops Orchulli for 5th Senate Term, November 3, 2004
