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Al Checchi
Alfred Attilio Checchi (born June 6, 1948) is an American businessman who was a candidate for Governor of California in the 1998 gubernatorial election, losing to fellow Democrat Gray Davis in the June 1998 primary. Checchi finished in second place in the Democratic primary, capturing 12.49% of the vote. He ran as a New Democrat and called for increased spending on education.〔 He set a new record at the time for spending in a California gubernatorial race, spending over $40 million of his personal fortune.〔〔 Checchi had previously enjoyed success in various business ventures, most notably serving as co-chairman of Northwest Airlines. He attended the Harvard School of Business. Checchi is married to his wife Kathryn and has 3 children.〔
==Early life==
Checchi was born on June 6, 1948 near Boston, Massachusetts.〔 His grandfather ran the Elba Fruit Market, a grocery in Calais, Maine.〔 Checchi is of Italian heritage. He was raised in the suburbs of Washington D.C. to middle-class parents where he attended Our Lady of Good Counsel.〔 Checchi's father was the No. 3 man in the Food and Drug Administration from 1946 to 1960, and later ran an investment firm.〔〔 Checchi began to think of running for public office when he was 12. At the age of 14, Checchi saw Martin Luther King Jr.'s I have a dream speech.〔
Checchi attended Amherst College in Massachusetts because he heard it was the most difficult to get into; he graduated in 1970 with an American studies major.〔 He completed a Master of Business Administration at Harvard School of Business.
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