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Connecticut gubernatorial election, 2018

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November 6, 2018
  
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The 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election will take place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, concurrently with the election of Connecticut's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

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Incumbent Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy is eligible to run for a third term, as Connecticut does not have gubernatorial term limits.

Potential

  • Dan Drew, Mayor of Middletown
  • Toni Harp, Mayor of New Haven
  • George Jepsen, Connecticut Attorney General
  • Kevin Lembo, Connecticut State Comptroller
  • Martin Looney, President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut Senate
  • Dan Malloy, incumbent Governor
  • Nancy Wyman, Lieutenant Governor

    • Declined

  • Joe Ganim, Mayor of Bridgeport and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1994

    • Declared

  • Prasad Srinivasan, State Representative
  • Mark Lauretti, Mayor of Shelton and candidate for Governor and Lieutenant Governor in 2014
  • Micah Welintukonis, former Coventry Town Councilman

    • Potential

  • Mark D. Boughton, Mayor of Danbury, nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2010 and candidate for Governor in 2014
  • Tom Foley, former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland and nominee for Governor in 2010 and 2014
  • Tim Herbst, Trumbull First Selectman and nominee for State Treasurer in 2014
  • Tony Hwang, State Senator
  • Peter Lumaj, attorney, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012 and nominee for Secretary of State in 2014
  • Themis Klarides, Minority Leader of the Connecticut House of Representatives
  • John P. McKinney, former Minority Leader of the Connecticut Senate and candidate for Governor in 2014
  • Erin Stewart, Mayor of New Britain

    • Declined

  • Rob Kane, Auditor of Public Accounts and former State Senator

    • References

    Connecticut gubernatorial election, 2018 Wikipedia
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