{"id":1731441,"date":"2022-11-09T07:32:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T12:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1731441"},"modified":"2022-11-09T07:32:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T12:32:46","slug":"democrat-ned-lamont-bests-stefanowski-in-connecticut-gubernatorial-matchup-projection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-ned-lamont-bests-stefanowski-in-connecticut-gubernatorial-matchup-projection\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Ned Lamont Bests Stefanowski In Connecticut Gubernatorial Matchup: Projection"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-ned-lamont-bests-stefanowski-in-connecticut-gubernatorial-matchup-projection%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1731441&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont cruised to re-election in the deep-blue state Tuesday evening, besting Republican challenger Bob Stefanowski in the pair\u2019s second gubernatorial matchup, <a href=\"https:\/\/results.decisiondeskhq.com\/national\/2022-governor\">according<\/a> to a projection from Decision Desk HQ.<\/p>\n<p>Both wealthy men, Lamont and Stefanowski spent big money on the race \u2014 even more than in their previous matchup years ago. Lamont and Stefanowski spent a combined total of $34 million through October 30, with the incumbent outspending his Republican challenger 2-1, The CT Mirror <a href=\"https:\/\/ctmirror.org\/2022\/11\/03\/ned-lamont-bob-stefanowski-ct-governor-race-spending\/\">reported<\/a> November 1.<\/p>\n<p>This cycle Lamont spent a total of $21.7 million, far more than the $15.9 million the Democrat spent in the 2018 matchup, the report noted. Stefanowski shelled out $12.2 million, almost doubling the $6.6 million he spent on the previous gubernatorial race, which he lost by 3%.<\/p>\n<p>Mirroring most midterms races across the nation, the Connecticut gubernatorial election was focused on the economy \u2014 specifically decades-high inflation; crime, and abortion.<\/p>\n<p>As the race tightened last month, Lamont campaign press secretary Onotse Omoyeni hit Stefanowski for his \u201cextreme anti-choice and anti-gun safety positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs has been clear throughout this race, Bob\u2019s extreme anti-choice and anti-gun safety positions \u2013 coupled with his constant negativity \u2013 continue to turn voters against his candidacy,\u201d Omoyeni <a href=\"https:\/\/ctexaminer.com\/2022\/10\/15\/its-the-economy-stupid-new-poll-shows-tightening-races-for-governor-and-senate\/\">told<\/a> the Connecticut Examiner, adding that Lamont \u201cremains laser-focused on working to grow Connecticut\u2019s economy, providing relief for Connecticut families, and getting our fiscal house in order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stefanowski focused on crime and the economy, blasting his opponent for failing his constituents during his four-year term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor Lamont has had four years to fix the state and he\u2019s failed,\u201d the Republican told the outlet. \u201cHigher taxes are making inflation worse, people feel less safe, and our state economy is tanking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore people every day realize that one-party rule is failing us and it\u2019s time for a change,\u201d Stefanowski added. \u201c(Lt. gubernatorial candidate) Laura Devlin and I have detailed plans to make CT more affordable and safe on Day One and we are looking forward to the final weeks of this race.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont cruised to re-election in the deep-blue state Tuesday evening, besting Republican challenger Bob Stefanowski in the pair\u2019s second gubernatorial matchup, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Both wealthy men, Lamont and Stefanowski spent big money on the race \u2014 even more than in their previous matchup years ago. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":1731444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1731441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1731441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1731441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1731441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1731444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1731441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1731441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1731441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}