Richard Blumenthal

US Senator from Connecticut

A Senator from Connecticut; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., February 13, 1946; graduated Harvard University, B.A., 1967; attended Cambridge University, 1967-1968; graduated Yale University, J.D., 1973; editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal; served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves 1970-1976; White House aide 1969-1970; law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun 1974-1975; administrative assistant to Senator Abraham Ribicoff 1975-1976; United States Attorney for Connecticut 1977-1981; lawyer; member of the Connecticut state house of representatives 1984-1987; member of the Connecticut state senate 1987-1990; attorney general of Connecticut 1991-2010; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 2010 for the term ending January 3, 2017.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Andrew Miller Former Fellow NYU GovLab, Participatory Democracy

• Former Legislative Assistant*

Michael Ford Principal, Washington

• New Media Director (Mar '11→May '12)

Positions

State of Connecticut

• Attorney General ('91→'11)*

In the office of

Harry Andrew Blackmun Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 until 1994

• law clerk (past)

Abraham Ribicoff U.S. senator from Connecticut

• Administrative Assistant (past)

Government Positions

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut Federal Prosecutors' Office

• U.S. Attorney ('77→'81)

Donors

Honeywell International Political Action Committee

• Donation/Grant · 10,000 USD ('21→'22)

Genentech Inc. Political Action Committee

• Donation/Grant · 10,000 USD ('15→'16)

Sabre Inc. Political Action Committee

• Donation/Grant · 5,000 USD ('15→'16)

Qualcomm Incorporated Political Action Committee (Qpac)

• Donation/Grant · 5,000 USD ('15→'16)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Richard Blumenthal US Senator from Connecticut

• 50 contributions · 49,586 USD ('10)

Chris Dodd President & CEO of MPAA; former Democratic US Senator from CT

• 2 contributions · 4,600 USD ('07)

Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee

• 5 contributions · 2,850 USD ('92→'94)

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD ('92)

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 1 contribution · 1,300 USD ('08)

Al Gore Vice President of the United States 1993-2001

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('99)

Joe Lieberman Former US Senator for CT (1989-2013); Vice President nominee (2000)

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('03)

Campaign Donors

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Richard Blumenthal US Senator from Connecticut

• 50 contributions · 49,586 USD ('10)

Howard M Finkelstein Director -Apptis, Inc., Former COO, MetroMedia Fiber Network.

• 5 contributions · 24,600 USD ('10)

Marc A Abrams Clearwater Ventures Inc./Hedge Fund Manager

• 4 contributions · 23,200 USD ('10)

Ethan Early NYC attorney, Early Law Firm

• 7 contributions · 22,600 USD (Mar 16 '10→May 23 '15)

Mark Bibro Attorney, The Early Firm

• 6 contributions · 21,600 USD (Jun 2 '15)

James H. Simons Chairman of the Board, Renaissance Technologies LLC, and President, Euclidean Capital LLC

• 6 contributions · 21,600 USD (May 15 '15)

Michael J Gillespie Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

• 6 contributions · 21,600 USD (May 26 '15)

Barry M Gosin CEO of Newmark Knight Frank

• 6 contributions · 21,600 USD (Jun 18 '15)

Robert Scott Asen Investor, Asen And Co. Inc.

• 7 contributions · 21,000 USD ('10→Jul 13 '16)

Lester S Morse Jr

• 7 contributions · 20,800 USD ('10→'11)

Holdings

Empire State Building Associates L.L.C. Owner of the Empire State Building

• Owner*

Blumenthal for Senate Richard Blumenthal 2010 campaign committee

• Owner ('10→?)

Memberships

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress

• Senator (Jan 5 '11→Jan 3 '23)

Democratic Party The U.S. Democratic Party

• Member

Family

Cynthia Blumenthal Sen. Richard Blumenthal's wife

• Relative

Cynthia Malkin

• wife ('82→?)

Anthony E Malkin Malkin Group

• brother-in-law

Schools

University of Cambridge Public research university in Cambridge, England

• Graduate ('67→'68)

Harvard University Elite private university located in Cambridge, MA

• BA (?→'67)

Yale Law School Ivy League law school

• JD (?→'73)

Types	Person, Political Candidate, Elected Representative, Public Official, Lawyer
Gender	Male
Birthday	Feb 13 '46
Website	https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov
Aliases	Richard Blumenthal