Republican Tom Foley, a friend of former President George W. Bush and the U2 rock band from his days as ambassador to Ireland, is seeking to become Connecticut's governor in his first run for public office.
He has been involved in various controversies and has been criticized by his two opponents, but he leads in the Republican primary in the latest Quinnipiac University poll by 35 percentage points.
A profile is at http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-primary-gov-tom-foley-0730-20100730,0,6528236.story