1. Jack Orchulli later attended night school and received a master's degree in finance from Baruch College in New York City.
10 Facts About Jack Orchulli
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Jack Orchulli is a Darien, Connecticut, resident and was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for the Connecticut seat held by Christopher Dodd in the 2004 US Senate election.
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Just months before deciding to run for the US Senate, Jack Orchulli sold his family's ownership interest in Michael Kors in 2003 and announced his retirement from business.
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In November 2004, Jack Orchulli garnered 33 percent of the vote as a long-shot standing against incumbent Senator Christopher Dodd, who won his fifth consecutive term for the Democrats with 66 percent of the vote.
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Two years later, Jack Orchulli was considered a possible mid-campaign replacement for Republican US Senate candidate Alan Schlesinger, who had come under media fire for a claim that Schlesinger had gambled in the past under an assumed name at Connecticut casinos.
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However, Jack Orchulli decided not to pursue a late entry campaign.
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Jack Orchulli was the state Republican Party finance chair in 2007.
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On May 22,2010, Jack Orchulli was nominated to be the Republican candidate for State Comptroller, the post being vacated by incumbent Democrat Nancy Wyman.
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In 2016, Jack Orchulli sought the Republican nomination to run for US Senate against the incumbent Democrat Richard Blumenthal.
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Jack Orchulli has one son, Andrew, who resides in New York City.