students. 2013 Stamford mayoral campaign In February 2013, Tong announced his bid for mayor of Stamford after Mayor Michael Pavia announced he would not seek reelection. He lost the Democratic primary to David Martin by less than 200 votes. 2012 U.S. Senate campaign In May 2011, Tong announced he would seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Joe Lieberman. He faced Susan Bysiewicz, former secretary of state and now Connecticut's lieutenant governor, and Chris Murphy, the eventual winner, in the Democratic primary. He dropped out of the race a year later and endorsed Murphy. The Tong campaign raised more than $550,000 in the quarter ending June 30, 2011. The final Federal Election Commission contribution tally was $1,063,993 for Team Tong. Consideration for U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut On March 7, 2009, it was reported that Tong was being considered by a panel assembled by former U.S. Senators Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman to screen candidates for United States Attorney. On November 14, 2009, the Hartford Courant reported that the panel assembled had forwarded four names to the White House and President Barack Obama for consideration; Tong was a finalist on that list. References External links Government website Campaign website Connecticut General Assembly profile (archived) Finn Dixon & Herling bio (archived) Legislative testimony (archived) |- 1970s births 21st-century American politicians American politicians of Hong Kong descent American politicians of Taiwanese descent Brown University alumni Connecticut Attorneys General Connecticut lawyers Living people Democratic Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Politicians from Stamford, Connecticut Simpson Thacher & Bartlett University of Chicago Law School alumni Asian-American people in Connecticut politics