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Energy, utilities, and ratepayer protection
Candidate positionGovernor Lamont is taking on one of the biggest challenges facing Connecticut families: the high cost of electricity. His plan puts ratepayers first by holding utilities accountable, encouraging competition, and driving down costs.
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Governor Lamont is taking on one of the biggest challenges facing Connecticut families: the high cost of electricity. His plan puts ratepayers first by holding utilities accountable, encouraging competition, and driving down costs.
Health care
Candidate positionGovernor Lamont’s Fair Share Healthcare Initiative lowers health insurance premiums by requiring large corporations to take responsibility for the healthcare costs of their workforce instead of shifting those costs onto taxpayers. The plan protects small businesses, closes corporate loopholes, and invests more than $100 million annually into making healthcare more affordable for working- and middle-class families.
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Governor Lamont’s Fair Share Healthcare Initiative lowers health insurance premiums by requiring large corporations to take responsibility for the healthcare costs of their workforce instead of shifting those costs onto taxpayers. The plan protects small businesses, closes corporate loopholes, and invests more than $100 million annually into making healthcare more affordable for working- and middle-class families.
Education, child care, and workforce training
Candidate positionConnecticut has made historic progress toward universal pre-K and expanded childcare access with an additional $300 million to fund the Early Childhood Education Endowment. Governor Lamont is committed to finishing the job with a long-term strategy for sustainable funding to expand access for families while supporting childcare workers and providers across the state.
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Connecticut has made historic progress toward universal pre-K and expanded childcare access with an additional $300 million to fund the Early Childhood Education Endowment. Governor Lamont is committed to finishing the job with a long-term strategy for sustainable funding to expand access for families while supporting childcare workers and providers across the state.
Housing affordability
Candidate positionHousing affordability is one of the biggest challenges facing Connecticut families. Governor Lamont is committed to increasing housing opportunities while working collaboratively with communities to ensure smart, responsible growth. More housing means lower costs for all Connecticut residents.
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Housing affordability is one of the biggest challenges facing Connecticut families. Governor Lamont is committed to increasing housing opportunities while working collaboratively with communities to ensure smart, responsible growth. More housing means lower costs for all Connecticut residents.
Health care
Candidate positionLower prescription drug costs
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Lower prescription drug costs
Energy, utilities, and ratepayer protection
Candidate positionClimate change represents an existential crisis for our state and our nation. Governor Lamont’s forward agenda will continue to advance Connecticut towards carbon-free future, making our communities more resilient to extreme weather, while reducing energy and transportation costs to our families.
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Climate change represents an existential crisis for our state and our nation. Governor Lamont’s forward agenda will continue to advance Connecticut towards carbon-free future, making our communities more resilient to extreme weather, while reducing energy and transportation costs to our families.
Government ethics, accountability, and elections
Candidate positionNow, he’s running for re-election to build on that progress and continue to lower costs, expand opportunity, and keep Connecticut moving forward by building a stronger, more affordable future for every family.
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Now, he’s running for re-election to build on that progress and continue to lower costs, expand opportunity, and keep Connecticut moving forward by building a stronger, more affordable future for every family.
Health care
Candidate positionGovernor Lamont’s forward agenda will continue focusing on lowering costs and making life more affordable for working families across Connecticut. Childcare, healthcare, housing, and education are essential building blocks for a strong economy and stronger communities.
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Governor Lamont’s forward agenda will continue focusing on lowering costs and making life more affordable for working families across Connecticut. Childcare, healthcare, housing, and education are essential building blocks for a strong economy and stronger communities.
Education, child care, and workforce training
Candidate positionIncreasing state support for special education
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Increasing state support for special education
Housing affordability
Candidate positionExpanding housing supply near transit and job centers
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Expanding housing supply near transit and job centers
Health care
Candidate positionExpand access to high-quality healthcare coverage with the CT Option
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Expand access to high-quality healthcare coverage with the CT Option
Energy, utilities, and ratepayer protection
Candidate positionAchieve a 100% zero-carbon grid by 2040 and net-zero emissions by 2050 targets. To get there, we will continue a balanced, responsive expansion of utility-scale solar, paired with small-scale and residential deployments. We will continue looking for opportunities to install more wind power and deploy innovative solutions like geothermal.
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Achieve a 100% zero-carbon grid by 2040 and net-zero emissions by 2050 targets. To get there, we will continue a balanced, responsive expansion of utility-scale solar, paired with small-scale and residential deployments. We will continue looking for opportunities to install more wind power and deploy innovative solutions like geothermal.
Education, child care, and workforce training
Candidate positionImplementing universal pre-K and expanding affordable childcare
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Implementing universal pre-K and expanding affordable childcare
Transportation and infrastructure
Candidate positionProtect consumers from unnecessary spending by requiring rigorous cost-benefit analyses before major infrastructure investments can be charged to ratepayers.
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Protect consumers from unnecessary spending by requiring rigorous cost-benefit analyses before major infrastructure investments can be charged to ratepayers.
Lowering Healthcare Costs and Holding Big Corporations Accountable
Candidate positionProtect small businesses by applying only to large employers with more than 100 employees and non-profits with more than 1,000 employees.
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Protect small businesses by applying only to large employers with more than 100 employees and non-profits with more than 1,000 employees.
Education, child care, and workforce training
Candidate positionExpand access to affordable childcare statewide
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Expand access to affordable childcare statewide
Education, child care, and workforce training
Candidate positionSupporting teachers and school staff
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Supporting teachers and school staff
Housing affordability
Candidate positionSupporting workforce and middle-income housing
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Supporting workforce and middle-income housing
Reproductive rights and health care
Candidate positionProtect reproductive freedom and abortion access
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Protect reproductive freedom and abortion access
Housing affordability
Candidate positionReduce transportation emissions, combining electrification whenever possible with Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). We are rethinking our cities, helping towns build dense, walkable, mixed-income housing around our major rail and bus hubs.
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Reduce transportation emissions, combining electrification whenever possible with Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). We are rethinking our cities, helping towns build dense, walkable, mixed-income housing around our major rail and bus hubs.
Health care
Candidate positionExpanding access to affordable healthcare
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Expanding access to affordable healthcare
Energy, utilities, and ratepayer protection
Candidate positionIncrease competition by allowing more private investment in energy infrastructure, microgrids, and innovative technologies.
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Increase competition by allowing more private investment in energy infrastructure, microgrids, and innovative technologies.
Lowering Healthcare Costs and Holding Big Corporations Accountable
Candidate positionInvest more than $100 million annually into Connecticut’s health insurance exchange and Covered Connecticut program.
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Invest more than $100 million annually into Connecticut’s health insurance exchange and Covered Connecticut program.
Education, child care, and workforce training
Candidate positionSupport childcare providers and educators
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Support childcare providers and educators
Energy, water, and environment
Candidate positionPermanently preserving 21% of Connecticut as open space, ensuring our state has the natural spaces to protect our wildlife.
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Permanently preserving 21% of Connecticut as open space, ensuring our state has the natural spaces to protect our wildlife.
Lowering Costs for Families
Candidate positionSupporting working parents and strengthening paid family leave protections
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Supporting working parents and strengthening paid family leave protections
Energy, utilities, and ratepayer protection
Candidate positionCreate a utility system that prioritizes reliability, affordability, and accountability for Connecticut families and businesses.
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Create a utility system that prioritizes reliability, affordability, and accountability for Connecticut families and businesses.
Health care
Candidate positionLower health insurance premiums by thousands of dollars for working- and middle-class families across the state.
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Lower health insurance premiums by thousands of dollars for working- and middle-class families across the state.
Energy, utilities, and ratepayer protection
Candidate positionHold utilities accountable through stronger oversight, transparency requirements, and regular reviews of their performance.
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Hold utilities accountable through stronger oversight, transparency requirements, and regular reviews of their performance.
Energy, utilities, and ratepayer protection
Candidate positionStrengthen the Office of Consumer Counsel’s ability to investigate utility practices and challenge unjustified rate increases.
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Strengthen the Office of Consumer Counsel’s ability to investigate utility practices and challenge unjustified rate increases.
Health care
Candidate positionRequire large corporations with employees enrolled in HUSKY (Medicaid) to contribute up to $1,000 per employee, ensuring they pay their fair share instead of shifting costs onto taxpayers.
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Require large corporations with employees enrolled in HUSKY (Medicaid) to contribute up to $1,000 per employee, ensuring they pay their fair share instead of shifting costs onto taxpayers.
Lowering Healthcare Costs and Holding Big Corporations Accountable
Candidate positionClose corporate loopholes by preventing large companies from avoiding responsibility through franchise structures, shell ownership arrangements, or gig-economy business models.
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Close corporate loopholes by preventing large companies from avoiding responsibility through franchise structures, shell ownership arrangements, or gig-economy business models.
Health care
Candidate positionStrengthen Connecticut’s healthcare system without raising taxes on residents or small businesses.
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Strengthen Connecticut’s healthcare system without raising taxes on residents or small businesses.
Universal Pre-K and Childcare
Candidate positionIncrease pre-K opportunities for families
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Increase pre-K opportunities for families
Education, child care, and workforce training
Candidate positionBuild a sustainable long-term funding structure for early childhood education
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Build a sustainable long-term funding structure for early childhood education
Health care
Candidate positionStrengthen preventative and mental healthcare services
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Strengthen preventative and mental healthcare services
