1. Alan Schlesinger was born on January 4,1958 and is an American attorney, entrepreneur, and Republican politician.
15 Facts About Alan Schlesinger
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Alan Schlesinger 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.
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Alan Schlesinger campaigned unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination in in 1984,1990, and 1998.
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Alan Schlesinger then entered private law practice, starting the law firm of Schlesinger and Barbara in Shelton.
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Alan Schlesinger 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.
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Alan Schlesinger served in that capacity from 1994 until 1998.
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Alan Schlesinger chose not to run for re-election in 1997 and was succeeded by Democrat Marc J Garofalo.
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Alan Schlesinger was accused of using the alias to avoid detection as a card counter.
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State party chairman George Gallo said he felt Alan Schlesinger "cleared the air" after he gave a press conference after the story broke, and said that he had not asked Alan Schlesinger to step aside.
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Alan Schlesinger self-described as a moderate conservative, and among other issue stances, expressed his opposition to affirmative action and amnesty for illegal immigrants.
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Alan Schlesinger said that he would have supported the United States ivasion of Iraq in 2003 but that by now he supported pushing the Iraqi government to take over the military operations.
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Alan Schlesinger said that he can reach out to independents, as he did to win in Derby, a city where Republicans were outnumbered 4 to 1.
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Alan Schlesinger previously lived there part-time in Palm Beach County and moved there full-time.
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Alan Schlesinger considered running for against Democratic incumbent Ron Klein in 2008 and for in the 2010 special election to replace Democrat Robert Wexler, who had resigned, but ultimately did not run in either race.
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In 2013, Alan Schlesinger announced his candidacy for Congress in, centered around Palm Beach.