EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said he is filing the necessary paperwork on Friday to seek a third term in 2026. The Democrat, who has been asked by reporters for months about whether he will run again, said a formal announcement will likely be made next week. “Yeah, Susan and I are ready to go," he said during an event about affordable housing, referring to Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz. "I didn’t want you to have to ask me any longer.” Lamont, 71, a wealthy former cable entrepreneur, has developed a reputation as a fiscal moderate, signing a major tax cut and paying down unfunded state pension liabilities. He has also supported access to abortion through safe harbor laws and greater protections for immigrants. One of two Democratic governors who attended President Donald

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