Jerry Labriola

{{infobox officeholder

|name = Jerry Labriola

|state_senate = Connecticut State

|district = 15th

|term_start = 1981

|term_end = 1983

|preceded = Louis Cutillo

|succeeded = Robert G. Dorr

|birth_date = {{birth date|1931|05|17}}

|birth_place = Naugatuck, Connecticut, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2024|04|28|1931|05|17}}

|death_place =

|party = Republican

|children = 3, including David

|education = Yale University
Thomas Jefferson University

|allegiance = {{flag|United States}}

|branch = United States Navy

}}

Gerald Labriola (May 17, 1931 – April 28, 2024) was an American mystery writer, physician, politician, and assistant professor at the University of Connecticut Medical School. In Connecticut's 1994 U.S. Senate election, he ran a losing campaign as the Republican nominee against Democrat Joe Lieberman.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/1994_sov.pdf |title=Summary of Vote for United States Senator |work=Statement of Vote |publisher=Secretary of the State of Connecticut |format=PDF |accessdate=March 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110220327/http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/1994_sov.pdf |archive-date=November 10, 2010 |url-status=dead }} He also ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Connecticut{{Cite web|url=http://www.jerrylabriola.com/biography.htm |title=Brief Biography |publisher=JerryLabriola.com |accessdate=March 29, 2011}} and served in the Connecticut Senate.

Labriola died on April 28, 2024, at the age of 92.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctinsider.com/politics/article/ct-jerry-labriola-gop-candidate-governor-senate-19441387.php|title=Jerry Labriola, CT GOP candidate for governor, U.S. Senate, dies at 92|work=CT Insider|date=6 May 2024|access-date=6 May 2024}}

His son, Jerry Labriola Jr. was chairman of the Connecticut Republican Party from 2011 to 2015. His other son, David, was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 131st district from 2003 to 2025.