Lamont Jumps Into Governor's Race

HARTFORD, CT — His candidacy didn’t catch fire in 2010, but Ned Lamont, the progressive Democrat from Greenwich will try again in 2018.

Lamont plans for file his paperwork to run for governor Wednesday.

Lamont, 64, lost the Democratic primary in 2010 to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. In interviews following his loss that year, Lamont said their internal polls had him beating Malloy, but were based on 32 percent voter turnout. That year only 25 percent of Democrats turned out to vote in the primary.

“If I don’t give you a reason to get out and vote, I deserve to fail,” Lamont said back in Sept. 2010.

That was four years after Lamont’s campaign for U.S. Senate attracted national attention for capturing the anti-war sentiment, which helped him beat former U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman in a Democratic primary. Lieberman went on to win the 2006 General Election.

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