10 things about 89th Connecticut governor Ned Lamont

Edward “Ned” Miner Lamont Jr. is the 89th governor of Connecticut, United States. It is the third smallest state in the country by area.

Hartford is the capital city of Connecticut. The city is around 340 miles away from Washington, D.C., USA, the capital city and federal district of the U.S.

BIOGRAPHY

Lamont is an American politician and businessman born in Washington, D.C. to Edward “Ted” Miner Lamont Sr. and Camille Helene Buzby Lamont. Edward Sr. and Camille got married in San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA on June 23, 1951.

Born in San Juan to Jesse M. Buzby and Helene Geisser Buzby, Camille turned 88 on May 19, 2014 and died on January 12, 2015. Born in New York City, New York, USA to Thomas Stillwell Lamont and Elinor Branscombe Lamont, Ted turned 89 on December 10, 2015 and died in New York on November 4, 2016.

Ned is a Democrat and a resident of Greenwich, Connecticut. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 1961, he moved to Laurel Hollow, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, Long Island, New York.
2. In 1972, he graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA.
3. In 1976, he graduated from Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA with a bachelor’s degree in sociology.
4. In 1980, he graduated from the Yale School of Management in New Haven, Connecticut with a master’s degree in business administration.
5. On September 10, 1983, he and Ann Huntress Lamont got married.
6. In 1984, he founded Campus Televideo, a company that provides cable and satellite services to college campuses across the U.S.
7. From 1987 to 1989, he served as a selectman in Greenwich.
8. In 2006, he was the Democratic Party’s nominee for the U.S. Senate but he lost to Joe Lieberman.
9. He was a state delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Connecticut.
10. In 2010, he ran for governor in Connecticut but lost the Democratic primary to Dannel Malloy, who went on to win the general election.
11. In 2018, he ran for governor in Connecticut again, won the Democratic primary and defeated Bob Stefanowski in the general election.
12. In 2022, he ran for reelection as governor of Connecticut and defeated Stefanowski.
13. On January 3, 2025, he turned 71.

TIMELINE

Ann is a venture capitalist. She and Ned have three children.

2019

• On January 9, 2019, he was sworn in as the 89th governor of Connecticut.

2020

• In July 2020, Lamont signed into law a sweeping police reform bill in Connecticut that requires all police officers to be equipped with body cameras, prohibits maneuvers, creates a statewide watchdog for police misconduct, limits police departments’ ability to withhold disciplinary records and makes individual officers liable in civil lawsuits.

2021

• On March 14, 2021, he spoke at a new coronavirus (COVID-19) community vaccination clinic in Stamford, Connecticut.
• In July 2021, he signed a highway user fee on large commercial transports in Connecticut.
• On November 1, 2021, he spoke with Caroline Simmons, the Democratic candidate for mayor of Stamford, outside a juice bar in Stamford.

2022

• On May 5, 2022, he signed into law House Bill 5414, which intended to protect abortion in Connecticut. 

2023

• On January 4, 2023, he was sworn in as the reelected governor of Connecticut.

2024

• On November 20, 2024, he presented a sign to Connecticut Huskies head coach Geno Auriemma during an event celebrating the all-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball wins record of the latter at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut.