Race · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
What this job does
The Governor serves a 4-year term. The Governor leads the executive branch, runs state government, proposes the state budget, and signs or vetoes bills. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected together as a team. source: portal.ct.gov
Running mates: Ryan Fazio with Matthew Corey; Ned Lamont with Susan Bysiewicz.
- Ryan Fazio Republican, IndependentState senator; former business executive (commodity trading, growth equity)
- Ned Lamont Democratic, Working FamiliesGovernor; founded Campus Televideo, a cable TV business, in 1984
Candidates in alphabetical order by last name, as printed in the General Election Guide, Appendix II . Each office has a write-in space. A write-in vote counts only for a person who registered as a write-in candidate with the Secretary of the State before the deadline.