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Dan Debicella is a former State Senator and businessman, who represented the 21st district in the Connecticut State Senate. He was also the 2010 Republican candidate for Connecticut's Fourth Congressional District.

Debicella was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Shelton, where he currently resides. He graduated from Shelton High School in 1992. He holds a degree in finance from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

In his business career, Debicella worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Co., Director of Strategy at PepsiCo, and as Assistant Vice President of Marketing at The Hartford. He continues to currently serves on the board of various community organizations.

Prior to being elected to the Connecticut State Senate, Debicella served on Shelton’s Board of Apportionment and Taxation for seven years, four as its chairman. Debicella acted as the Fairfield County regional chair for Rudy Giuliani's unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign.

Debicella was first elected to the Connecticut State Senate in 2006 and subsequently re-elected in 2008. He succeeded George "Doc" Gunther, the longest-serving state legislator in Connecticut history, after working as his campaign manager for several elections. In the State Senate, Debicella was a Deputy Minority Leader.

Debicella was the Republican Nominee for Congress in Connecticut's Fourth Congressional District in 2010. On May 21, 2010, he easily won the endorsement of the Connecticut Republican Party at its convention. On August 10, 2010, Debicella won a three-way primary with 61% of the vote, becoming the Republican nominee.

In the November 2 general election, he lost to the incumbent Jim Himes 53%-47%.

Electoral history

External links

• Campaign website
• Profile at Connecticut Senate Republicans
• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Profile at Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org

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• 1974 births
• Living people
• People from Bridgeport, Connecticut
• People from Fairfield County, Connecticut
• Wharton School alumni
• Harvard Business School alumni
• Connecticut State Senators
• Connecticut Republicans