Ned Lamont

Liberal

Democrat

Governor

Connecticut

Current Position: Governor of Connecticut

Running For: Governor

Policy Positions

Against expanding affordable housing via omnibus YIMBY legislation; vetoed a bill in June 2025 that would have expanded affordable housing, streamlined permitting for missing middle housing, and legalized transit-oriented development, despite having drafted a statement of support days before the veto

For a $15 minimum wage; signed bill raising Connecticut's minimum hourly wage to $15 by 2023
For paid family and medical leave; signed law allowing Connecticut workers up to 12 weeks of paid leave, funded by a 0.5% payroll tax
For legalizing sports betting and online gambling; signed legislation legalizing both in Connecticut
Against striking workers receiving unemployment assistance; vetoed a bill in June 2025 that would have allowed striking workers to receive unemployment benefits
For requiring large corporations (100+ employees) to contribute up to $1,000 per employee enrolled in Medicaid, investing proceeds into lowering health insurance premiums for working- and middle-class families

For universal pre-K and expanded affordable childcare, including a $300 million Early Childhood Education Endowment

For a 100% zero-carbon electricity grid by 2040 and net-zero emissions by 2050; supports expansion of solar, wind, geothermal, energy efficiency measures, electrification, and transit-oriented development to reduce transportation emissions

For abortion rights; signed legislation protecting abortion in Connecticut, preventing out-of-state lawsuits against abortion seekers and providers, protecting medical providers from license revocation for providing reproductive services, and signed additional reproductive rights protections in 2023; explicitly lists protecting reproductive freedom and abortion access as a priority
For LGBTQ rights; signed legislation banning gay panic defense, lists LGBTQ rights and protections as a protected Connecticut value

For voting rights protections; lists voting rights as a protected Connecticut value

For immigrant and civil rights protections; lists immigrant and civil rights protections as a protected Connecticut value

For gun control measures; signed gun-control bills including Ethan's Law (safe storage of firearms in households with children), ban on privately made firearms, ban on storing unlocked guns in unattended vehicles; lists gun violence prevention measures as a protected Connecticut value
For cannabis legalization; signed legislation legalizing recreational marijuana for adults in Connecticut
For police reform; signed sweeping police reform bill requiring body cameras for all officers, prohibiting chokeholds, creating statewide police misconduct watchdog, limiting withholding of disciplinary records, and making individual officers liable in civil lawsuits