{"id":40159,"date":"2026-08-12T05:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T00:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40159"},"modified":"2026-08-12T05:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T00:49:17","slug":"connecticut-democrats-decide-who-they-want-to-be-their-next-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40159","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut Democrats decide who they want to be their next governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-layout-index=\"4\" class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6391246199112\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_featured-video_5_1\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Corporations flee to red states for better business climate<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Fox Business contributor Lou Basenese discusses the &#8220;blue state exodus,&#8221; highlighting companies like Yamaha Motor Corp. and ExxonMobil relocating to states with lower taxes and better business climates. He contrasts Governor Kathy Hochul&#8217;s August 2022 message for Republicans to leave New York with her March 2024 plea for wealthy individuals to return, emphasizing the financial spreadsheet over politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1975813\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/connecticut\" rel=\"noopener\">Connecticut<\/a> Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont is no fan of President Donald Trump, but his progressive primary challenger, state Rep. Josh Elliott, says he\u2019s too cozy with the president.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Lamont defeated Elliott<strong> <\/strong>in a high-stakes New England primary Tuesday in a state that not long ago shifted from competitive territory to reliably Democratic.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Elliott, D-Hamden, painted Lamont as too &#8220;nice&#8221; to Trump, saying that being &#8220;nice is a problem right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Nice doesn\u2019t solve affordability. Nice doesn\u2019t solve fascism or fight back against fascism,&#8221; Elliott told the Connecticut Mirror.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1975814\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/anti-trump-senator-defeated-far-left-rival-after-heated-dem-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ANTI-TRUMP SENATOR DEFEATED BY FAR-LEFT RIVAL AFTER HEATED GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/343\/192\/GettyImages-1258029986.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/686\/384\/GettyImages-1258029986.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/672\/378\/GettyImages-1258029986.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1344\/756\/GettyImages-1258029986.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/931\/523\/GettyImages-1258029986.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1862\/1046\/GettyImages-1258029986.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/720\/405\/GettyImages-1258029986.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1440\/810\/GettyImages-1258029986.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1200\/675\/GettyImages-1258029986.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Ned Lamont at a podium speaking\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont speaks at the Connecticut State Capitol on Feb. 8, 2023, in Hartford.<\/span> <span>(Aaron Flaum\/Hartford Courant\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;[Ned] can be nice all day long, but that\u2019s a liability right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Lamont, meanwhile, told the outlet that &#8220;talk is cheap&#8221; and said Elliott has little to offer compared with the incumbent\u2019s record during his nearly eight years in office.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Lamont\u2019s camp said it wants to see <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1975815\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/sen-mark-kelly-warns-far-left-policies-dont-make-sense-cost-democrats-seats\" rel=\"noopener\">single-payer healthcare<\/a> and additional resources for early childhood education in the state. Connecticut is increasingly becoming a bedroom community for the New York City, Providence and Boston metropolitan areas.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1975816\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gop-gubernatorial-candidate-fighting-flip-blue-state-unveils-healthcare-plan-lower-costs-expand-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>GOP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE FIGHTING TO FLIP BLUE STATE UNVEILS HEALTHCARE PLAN TO LOWER COSTS, EXPAND ACCESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/343\/192\/connecticut-house-democrats.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/686\/384\/connecticut-house-democrats.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/672\/378\/connecticut-house-democrats.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1344\/756\/connecticut-house-democrats.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/931\/523\/connecticut-house-democrats.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1862\/1046\/connecticut-house-democrats.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/connecticut-house-democrats.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/connecticut-house-democrats.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1200\/675\/connecticut-house-democrats.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Clockwise from top left, Connecticut Reps. John Larson, Jahana Hayes, Jim Himes and Joe Courtney.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Clockwise from top left are Connecticut Reps. John Larson, Jahana Hayes, Jim Himes and Joe Courtney.<\/span> <span>(Tom Williams\/Roll Call\/Kevin Dietsch\/Victor J. Blue\/Bloomberg\/Douglas Healey\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Lamont faces state Sen. Ryan Fazio, R-Greenwich, in the November general election.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">While now <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1975817\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/real-reason-americans-fleeing-blue-states-florida-texas\" rel=\"noopener\">reliably blue<\/a>, Connecticut not long ago had several Republicans in Congress and GOP governors with staying power, including John Rowland, who was later imprisoned.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Republicans held Connecticut\u2019s governorship for much of the period between the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1975818\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/special\/sponsored\/reagan\" rel=\"noopener\">Reagan era<\/a> and 2010, when the late Gov. M. Jodi Rell decided against seeking another term and Democrat Dannel Malloy succeeded her.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_1975819\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/Ned-lamont-looks-on.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/Ned-lamont-looks-on.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/Ned-lamont-looks-on.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/Ned-lamont-looks-on.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/Ned-lamont-looks-on.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/Ned-lamont-looks-on.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/Ned-lamont-looks-on.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/Ned-lamont-looks-on.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/Ned-lamont-looks-on.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Ned Lamont faces off with Joshua Elliott\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Connecticut Gov. Edward &#8220;Ned&#8221; Lamont Jr. is seen.<\/span> <span>(Tyler Russell\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Former Sen. Prescott Bush, father of former President George H.W. Bush, represented Connecticut in the U.S. Senate for more than a decade in the mid-20th century.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Lowell Weicker, a liberal Republican U.S. senator who preceded Joseph Lieberman, also served as governor in the 1990s under the &#8220;A Connecticut Party&#8221; line, which he founded.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, worked in both the New York and Washington bureaus for Fox News since 2013.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corporations flee to red states for better business climate Fox Business contributor Lou Basenese discusses the &#8220;blue state exodus,&#8221; highlighting companies like Yamaha Motor Corp. and ExxonMobil relocating to states with lower taxes and better business climates. 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