As Ned Lamont touts record, Josh Elliott’s campaign strengthens

CT Mirror – Tuesday, June 2, 2026
By Mark Pazniokas

As summer approaches, the differences between Governor Lamont’s official and campaign schedules are blurring, an advantage of incumbency as Lamont labors to reinforce the public perception of his nearly eight years in office as his liberal Democratic challenger, Rep. Josh Elliott of Hamden, gets closer to being able to afford a television advertising campaign that promises to be aggressive.

Elliott consistently has faulted Lamont, a candidate seeking a third term, for refusing to raises taxes on the wealthy, a theme he intends to pursue once he gets his public financing grant. Elliott is a fan of the 4% surtax Massachusetts imposes on annual incomes exceeding $1.1 million.

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