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The 2026 Connecticut gubernatorial election will take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Connecticut. Incumbent Democratic Governor Ned Lamont is eligible for re-election to a third term in office. As of January 2025, Lamont has publicly expressed interest in running but has not declared a re-election bid.
Edward Miner Lamont Jr. [1] (/ l ə ˈ m ɒ n t / lə-MONT; [2] born January 3, 1954) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 89th governor of Connecticut since 2019. [3] [4] A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a Greenwich selectman from 1987 to 1989, and was the party's nominee for the United States Senate in 2006, losing to incumbent Joe Lieberman.
The 2022 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Connecticut. Incumbent Democratic governor Ned Lamont ran for re-election to a second term in office. [1] The race simultaneously took place with the election to the state's Class III Senate seat.
The governor and lieutenant governor are elected on the same ballot line, though they run separately in primary elections. The current governor of Connecticut is Ned Lamont, a Democrat who took office in 2019. His lieutenant is Susan Bysiewicz.
The Fox News Channel declared Lamont the winner around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, but Lamont did not speak until two hours later to Democrats who gathered for an election night party at a baseball stadium ...
After winning by only three percentage points in 2018, Gov. Ned Lamont is focusing strongly on Democratic voters in the cities to provide the critical support in November needed to win reelection.
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The governor of Connecticut is the head of government of Connecticut, and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Connecticut General Assembly and to convene the legislature. [2]