Lamont testing the waters for governor

Don’t call him a Dan Malloy enabler. Had Democrats chosen differently at the start of the decade, he would have been the party’s nominee for governor — and the rest, they say, would have been history. Now after seven years of biding his time as a pundit and professor, Democrat Ned Lamont is gauging interest in a comeback bid for the state’s top office. The wealthy Greenwich cable entrepreneur, who was upset by Malloy in the 2010 gubernatorial primary despite receiving the Democratic endorsement, confirmed his interest in the race in an interview Tuesday with Hearst Connecticut Media. “I’m thinking about it,” Lamont said. “I’ve got a lot vested in this state for a long time.

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