Oz Griebel

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Oz Griebel
Oz Griebel
Born
Richard Nelson Griebel

(1949-06-21)June 21, 1949
Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJuly 29, 2020(2020-07-29) (aged 71)
Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materDartmouth College
Suffolk University
Occupations
  • Banker
  • lawyer
  • political candidate
Political partyIndependent (2017–2020)
Republican (before 2017)
Children3

Richard Nelson "Oz" Griebel (June 21, 1949 – July 29, 2020) was an American banker, lawyer, and political candidate. He ran as a Republican primary candidate in the 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial election, and as an independent in the 2018 gubernatorial election.

Early life and education

Richard Nelson Griebel was born in

1970 College World Series
.

Professional

Griebel was a teacher and coach at

Hartford region. Griebel sat on the corporate boards of MacDermid, Inc., Tallan, Inc., and World Business Capital. Griebel was named by the Hartford Courant and Hartford Business Journal as "Business Person of the Year" in 1995 and 2001, respectively.[citation needed
]

Political career

Griebel announced his candidacy for

Governor of Connecticut on January 28, 2010.[4] After declaring his candidacy, Griebel met with thousands of Republican activists and participated in several debates and forums. Some of Griebel's opponents had focused on the fact that as a Republican candidate, he had made numerous donations to Democratic politicians, and as a result of this, his legitimacy as a Republican candidate for governor had been under scrutiny. His campaign's first television commercial began airing on April 23, 2010. In the Republican primary, held on August 10, 2010, Griebel lost the gubernatorial nomination to former ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley.[5]

On December 21, 2017, Griebel announced that he would make an independent run for governor in 2018, along with his running mate Monte Frank, an attorney from Newtown, Connecticut. Griebel, at that juncture a former Republican was registered as Unaffiliated. Frank a former Democrat was registered as Unaffiliated.[6] In the general election he placed in third behind Republican nominee Bob Stefanowski and winner Ned Lamont, the Democratic nominee.[7][8] Griebel earned 3.89% of the vote and had been called a spoiler candidate for Stefanowski who lost narrowly to Lamont.[9]

Connecticut's gubernatorial election, 2018[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ned Lamont 694,510 49.37% -1.36%
Republican Bob Stefanowski 650,138 46.21% -1.95%
Griebel Frank for CT Oz Griebel 54,741 3.89% N/A
Libertarian Rod Hanscomb 6,086 0.43% N/A
Amigo Constitution Liberty Mark Greenstein 1,254 0.09% N/A
Write-in
 Lee Whitnum (write-in) 74 0.01% N/A
Total votes 1,406,803 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

Civic participation

Griebel served on the boards of the Annual Fund of the

United Way of the Central Naugatuck Valley, Bradley International Airport
, the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, the Connecticut Transportation Strategy Board, Junior Achievement of Central Connecticut, the
Yale-New Haven Hospital[citation needed
].

Personal life

Griebel resided in Hartford and had three children.[11]

On July 21, 2020, Griebel was hit by a motorist while jogging in Pennsylvania. He died from complications of his injuries on July 29.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b Gosselin, Kenneth R. (October 23, 1995). "R. Nelson (Oz) Griebel". Hartford Courant. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  2. ^ CHRISTOPHER KEATING (November 1, 2018). "Oz Griebel Struck Out Famed Slugger Dave Kingman in College World Series". courant.com. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "CBIA - Connecticut Business, Industry, Economy, HR, Jobs & Legislature" (PDF).
  4. ^ "'Oz' Griebel Enters Governor's Race - Hartford Courant". Articles.courant.com. 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  5. ^ Dixon, Ken (August 10, 2010). "Foley joins Malloy as primary winner". Connecticut Post. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
  6. ^ Dixon, Ken (December 20, 2017). "Griebel announces independent run for gov". Connecticut Post. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  7. ^ Blair, Russell (January 17, 2018). "Ned Lamont Jumps Into Connecticut Governor's Race". Hartford Courant. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  8. ^ Vigdor, Neil; Kovner, Josh; Lender, Jon; Ormseth, Matthew; Megan, Kathleen; Rondinone, Nicholas (November 7, 2018). "Bob Stefanowski Concedes Governor's Race After Cities Push Ned Lamont To Victory". Hartford Courant. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  9. ^ Ken Dixon (October 27, 2018). "Votes for Griebel Could be Costly for Others in Governor's Race". CT Mirror.
  10. ^ "Public Reporting".
  11. ^ "About Oz Griebel". Archived from the original on May 30, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  12. ^ O'Neill, Tara (July 29, 2020). "Former CT gubernatorial candidate Oz Griebel dies after accident". Connecticut Post. Retrieved July 29, 2020.

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