Jerry Labriola

{{Short description|American politician (1931–2024)}} {{infobox officeholder |name = Jerry Labriola |state_senate = Connecticut State |district = 15th |term_start = 1981 |term_end = 1983 |preceded = Louis Cutillo |succeeded = Robert G. Dorr |birth_date = {{birth date|1931|05|17}} |birth_place = Naugatuck, Connecticut, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2024|04|28|1931|05|17}} |death_place = |party = Republican |children = 3, including David |education = Yale University<br>Thomas Jefferson University |allegiance = {{flag|United States}} |branch = United States Navy }}

'''Gerald Labriola''' (May 17, 1931 – April 28, 2024) was an American mystery writer, physician, politician, and assistant professor at the University of Connecticut Medical School. In Connecticut's 1994 U.S. Senate election, he ran a losing campaign as the Republican nominee against Democrat Joe Lieberman.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/1994_sov.pdf |title=Summary of Vote for United States Senator |work=Statement of Vote |publisher=Secretary of the State of Connecticut |format=PDF |accessdate=March 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110220327/http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/1994_sov.pdf |archive-date=November 10, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Connecticut<ref name=JerryLabriola.com>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jerrylabriola.com/biography.htm |title=Brief Biography |publisher=JerryLabriola.com |accessdate=March 29, 2011}}</ref> and served in the Connecticut Senate.<ref name=JerryLabriola.com/>

Labriola died on April 28, 2024, at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctinsider.com/politics/article/ct-jerry-labriola-gop-candidate-governor-senate-19441387.php|title=Jerry Labriola, CT GOP candidate for governor, U.S. Senate, dies at 92|work=CT Insider|date=6 May 2024|access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref>

His son, Jerry Labriola Jr. was chairman of the Connecticut Republican Party from 2011 to 2015. His other son, David, was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 131st district from 2003 to 2025.

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==External links== * [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=11593 Biography]

{{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=Lewis Rome}} {{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut|years=1982}} {{s-aft|after=E. Clayton Gengras, Jr.}} {{succession box | before= Lowell P. Weicker Jr. |title= Republican nominee for United States Senator from Connecticut<br>(Class 1) |years= 1994 |after= Philip Giordano}} {{s-end}}

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