2026 Connecticut governor's race

Incumbent: Ned Lamont (Democratic)

Ned LamontDemocratic Party (United States)97%

Josh ElliotDemocratic97%

vsD +94Polymarket ↗

Implied chance of winning — live Polymarket prices

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Where they stand

Expand an issue for what they've actually said, cited

Issue	Lamont	Elliot	Fazio
	Supports easing rules	Supports easing rules	Supports easing rules
	Opposes more drilling	Unknown	Unknown
	Opposes stricter penalties	Unknown	Supports stricter penalties
Fentanyl & drug enforcement	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Opposes restrictions	Unknown	Unknown
Parents' rights in education	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
School choice	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Election integrity: voter ID	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Election integrity: mail ballots	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Allow with consent	Unknown	Unknown
Women's sports	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Supports LGBT causes	Unknown	Unknown
	Unknown	Opposes tax cuts	Supports tax cuts
	Supports larger gov role	Unknown	Unknown
Regulation & permitting (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Supports new gun limits	Unknown	Unknown
EV mandates (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Opposes strict enforcement	Opposes strict enforcement	Supports strict enforcement
Sanctuary jurisdictions (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Social Security & Medicare (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Unknown	Supports legalization	Unknown
DEI programs (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Student loan forgiveness (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Federal spending & debt (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Free speech & tech censorship (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Israel (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Ukraine aid (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
China & trade (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Congressional term limits (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Congressional stock trading (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

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