John Orman
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John Orman is a politics professor at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He was the 1984 Democratic Party nominee for the U.S. Congress seat in Connecticut's fourth district, and briefly challenged Senator Joseph Lieberman for the 2006 Democratic Senate nomination. Orman is the current chairman of the Connecticut for Lieberman Party.
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[edit] 2006 Senate campaign
In March 2005, Orman announced that he would challenge Lieberman for the Democratic nomination, saying Lieberman was disloyal to the Democratic party and supported the foreign policy of President George W. Bush.
Orman's campaign generated support from bloggers across the country, but for a variety of reasons, he was never considered a serious threat to Lieberman. In September of 2005, he announced he was withdrawing from the race because of a lack of money.
The end of Orman's campaign was followed by the campaign of businessman Ned Lamont. When Lamont came to Fairfield University in the spring of 2006, he told those in attendance that he was "picking up where John Orman left off." Lamont would go on to upset Lieberman in the Democratic primary in August, winning the party's nomination for the Senate seat with 52% of the vote, but losing the general election to Lieberman, who ran as an independent under the Connecticut for Lieberman party line.
[edit] Connecticut for Lieberman
The party was established on July 10, 2006, and began collecting signatures in case Lieberman did not win the Connecticut Democratic primary.
On August 9, 2006, the day following the primary, Stuart R. Korchin changed his party registration to Connecticut for Lieberman, and created party rules which were filed with the Connecticut Secretary of the State.
On November 15, 2006, John Orman changed his party registration from Democratic to the Connecticut for Lieberman Party. On January 3, 2007, Connecticut Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz accepted a filing of party rules from Orman. According to Ted Bromely, a state elections attorney who works for her office, "If someone wanted to challenge it, they'd have to go to court."[1]
This was immediately challenged by the existing party chairman, Stuart Korchin.
On January 17, 2007, Korchin received a letter from a lawyer in the secretary of state’s office, stating that the state had “very limited jurisdiction” over intraparty battles, and was not taking a position over just who was in charge. On January 18, 2007, The New York Times published an article correcting the earlier erroneous information.
[edit] Other activities
Orman is the author of four books on American politics. He is also the faculty adviser to the Fairfield University men's basketball team, and a frequent participant in stand-up comedy and hip-hop contests. He is frequently written about in a number of local publications, including The Fairfield Mirror.
[edit] Books
- Celebrity Politics (Prentice Hall, 2004)
- Presidential Accountability: New and Recurring Problems (Greenwood Press, 1990)
- Comparing Presidential Behavior: Carter, Reagan, and the Macho Presidential Style (Greenwood Press, 1987)
- Politics of Rock Music (Burnham, Inc., 1985)
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