William Edward Curry Jr.[1] (born December 17, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician who has been a two-time Democratic nominee for Governor of Connecticut and a White House advisor in the administration of Bill Clinton.
Curry served two terms and then faced fellow state senator Nancy Johnson, a moderate Republican from New Britain in 1982 for the open seat formerly held by Toby Moffett in what was then the Sixth Congressional District.
Lowell P. Weicker Jr.), Curry and Tom Scott, a former Republican legislator from Milford, Connecticut, and talk show host running a conservative, anti-tax independent candidacy.
[citation needed] After the election, Curry accepted a post as Counselor to the President and served as domestic strategist in the Clinton White House from February 21, 1995, until January 20, 1997.
Although those charges later proved to be the heart of the scandal that forced Rowland to resign, plead guilty and serve a federal prison sentence, they did not become a significant issue in the campaign.