Just coming out now, popular Connecticut Govenor Jodi Rell (R) has announced that she will not be running for reelection next year. This is very good news for Ned Lamont, who is considering a run.
From the New Times:
Conn. governor decides not to seek another term
By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Writer
Updated: 11/09/2009 05:17:18 PM EST
HARTFORD, Conn.—Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell says she will not seek re-election next year.
Rell made the announcement in a news conference with reporters Monday at the statehouse in Hartford.
Rell has been Connecticut's governor since 2004, when former Gov. John Rowland resigned in a corruption probe. She was elected to her own term in 2006, becoming the first Republican woman elected the state's chief executive.
Her job approval numbers have dipped in recent Quinnipiac University polls, due mostly to the state's budget problems. A Sept. 16 poll showed 59 percent approve of how she's handling her job while 34 percent disapproved—the lowest approval number during her tenure as governor.
Her all-time high was 83 percent job approval in a Jan. 13, 2005 survey.
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