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</div><div>http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/edward-lamont.asp?cycle=10</div><div></div><div>Edward Miner "Ned" Lamont, Jr. (born January 3, 1954) is an American businessman and politician. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_United_States_Senate_election,2006#Candidates" title="Connecticut United States Senate election, 2006" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2006</a> he defeated the prominent incumbent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Senator</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Joe Lieberman</a>, for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Connecticut</a>'s Senatorial <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Democratic</a> nomination (52 percent vs. 48 percent), who instead opted to run as a candidate under his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_for_Lieberman" title="Connecticut for Lieberman" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Connecticut for Lieberman</a> Party. Lamont finished second with 39 percent, compared to Lieberman's 49 percent and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Republican</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Schlesinger" title="Alan Schlesinger" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Alan Schlesinger</a>'s 9 percent. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_gubernatorial_election,2010" title="Connecticut gubernatorial election, 2010" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2010</a> he ran for the Democratic nomination for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Connecticut" title="Governor of Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Governor of Connecticut</a>, but lost to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Malloy" title="Dan Malloy" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dan Malloy</a>, the eventual winner of the election.Lamont founded and chaired <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.campustelevideo.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Campus Televideo</a> (formerly Lamont Digital Systems), which provides video and data services to U.S. college campuses. He is currently a faculty member and Chair of the Arts and Sciences Public Policy Committee at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Connecticut_State_University" title="Central Connecticut State University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Central Connecticut State University</a>, where he was named by the Board of Trustees as Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Philosophy.<div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; font-size: 13.3000001907349px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: black; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 13.3000001907349px; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#Early_life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1 Early life</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#Business_career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2 Business career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#Political_career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3 Political career</a><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#2006_U.S.Senate_election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.1 2006 U.S. Senate election</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#Post-election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.2 Post-election</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#Academia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4 Academia</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#Memberships" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5 Memberships</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#Personal_life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">6 Personal life</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">7 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">8 External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early life<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ned_Lamont&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Lamont was born on January 3, 1954, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,D.C." title="Washington, D.C." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Washington, D.C.</a> to Camille Helene (née Buzby) and Edward Miner Lamont, and is the great-grandson of former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.P.Morgan%26_Co." title="J. P. Morgan & Co." class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">J. P. Morgan & Co.</a> chairman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W.Lamont" title="Thomas W. Lamont" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Thomas W. Lamont</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> His mother was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan,Puerto_Rico" title="San Juan, Puerto Rico" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">San Juan, Puerto Rico</a>, to American parents.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a> His father, an economist, worked on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan" title="Marshall Plan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Marshall Plan</a> and later served in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" title="United States Department of Housing and Urban Development" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Department of Housing and Urban Development</a>during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Nixon</a> administration.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a> Lamont attended <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Exeter_Academy" title="Phillips Exeter Academy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Phillips Exeter Academy</a>, where he served as president of the student newspaper,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exonian" title="The Exonian" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Exonian</a>. After graduating Phillips Exeter in 1972, Lamont earned an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bachelor of Arts</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Harvard University</a> in 1976 and an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.B.A." title="M.B.A." class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">M.B.A.</a>from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_School_of_Management" title="Yale School of Management" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Yale School of Management</a> in 1980.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-CT_mirror-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Business career<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ned_Lamont&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Business career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>In 1977 Lamont began working for The Black River Tribune, a small newspaper in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow(village),Vermont" title="Ludlow (village), Vermont" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ludlow, Vermont</a>. After receiving his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">M.B.A.</a> from Yale, Lamont entered the cable television industry, managing the start-up of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cablevision" title="Cablevision" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Cablevision</a>'s operation in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfield_County,Connecticut" title="Fairfield County, Connecticut" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Fairfield County, Connecticut</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-CT_mirror-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a> In 1984 he founded his own cable television company, Lamont Digital Systems (now known as Campus Televideo), which provides satellite and telecommunication services to colleges and universities.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-CNP-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Political career<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ned_Lamont&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Political career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Before running for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States Senate</a>, Lamont was elected and served as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selectman" title="Selectman" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">selectman</a> in the town of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich,Connecticut" title="Greenwich, Connecticut" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Greenwich, Connecticut</a> for one term. Lamont also served for three terms on the town finance board and chaired the state investment advisory council, which oversees the investment of the state pension funds.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">2006 U.S. Senate election<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ned_Lamont&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2006 U.S. Senate election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3><div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_United_States_Senate_election,2006" title="Connecticut United States Senate election, 2006" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Connecticut United States Senate election, 2006</a></div>
On July 6, Lamont faced off against Lieberman in a 51-minute televised debate which covered issues such as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Iraq War</a>, energy policy, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration" title="Immigration" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">immigration</a>. Lieberman argued that he was being subjected to a "litmus test" on the war, insisted that he was a "bread and butter Democrat", and on a number of occasions asked, "who is Ned Lamont?" During the debate Lieberman asked Lamont if he would disclose his<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax" title="Income tax" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">income tax</a> returns, which he afterwards did.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-NBCFaceOff-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a>On March 13, 2006, Lamont officially announced his campaign for the United States Senate against incumbent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Joe Lieberman</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a>Lamont focused on Lieberman's supportive relationship with Republicans, telling him "if you won't challenge President Bush and his failed agenda, I will." He criticized Lieberman's vote for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Policy_Act_of_2005" title="Energy Policy Act of 2005" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Energy Policy Act of 2005</a>, which Lamont dubbed the "Bush/Cheney/Lieberman energy bill." In response to Lamont's assertion that he supported Republican policies, Lieberman stated that he had voted with the Democratic caucus in the Senate 90 percent of the time. Lamont argued that the then three-term incumbent lacked the courage to challenge the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W.Bush" title="Presidency of George W. Bush" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bush administration's</a> handling of the Iraq War.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-NBCFaceOff-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a>On July 30, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sunday_Times(UK)" title="The Sunday Times (UK)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Sunday Times</a> reported that former President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bill Clinton</a> was believed to have warned Lieberman not to run as an independent if he lost the primary to Lamont.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a> Throughout the election, Lamont significantly funded his own campaign, with donations exceeding $12.7 million,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a> as he had pledged not to accept money from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbyist" title="Lobbyist" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">lobbyists</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[12]</a>Lamont won the primary with 51.79 percent of the vote as opposed to Lieberman's 48.21 percent;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[13]</a> it was the only <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,2006" title="United States Senate elections, 2006" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Senate race in 2006</a> where an incumbent lost re-nomination. In his concession speech, Lieberman announced that he would stand by his prior statements that he'd run as an independent if he lost the Democratic primary.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a> Lieberman won the general election with approximately 50 percent of the vote; exit polls showed that Lieberman won the vote of 33 percent of Democrats, 54 percent of independents, and 70 percent of Republicans.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[15]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Post-election<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ned_Lamont&action=edit&section=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Post-election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>Lamont was one of the key supporters in Connecticut for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dodd" title="Chris Dodd" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Chris Dodd</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dodd_presidential_campaign,2008" title="Chris Dodd presidential campaign, 2008" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">presidential campaign</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[16]</a> After Dodd dropped out of the race, Lamont became the Connecticut campaign co-chair for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Barack Obama</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_presidential_campaign,2008" title="Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">presidential campaign</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[17]</a> Lamont was credited with attracting the types of voters he brought to Obama's successful campaign in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Democratic_primary,2008" title="Connecticut Democratic primary, 2008" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Connecticut Democratic primary</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[18]</a> In March 2008, Lamont was elected as a Congressional district-level delegate from Connecticut to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2008 Democratic National Convention" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2008 Democratic National Convention</a>, pledged to<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Barack Obama</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_2000" title="Research 2000" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Research 2000</a> polls commissioned by the blog <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Kos" title="Daily Kos" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Daily Kos</a> in 2007 and 2008 found that Lamont would win a Senate rematch with Joe Lieberman by growing margins.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[20]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[21]</a> In February 2009 Lamont stated that he was not considering another campaign for Senate.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[22]</a>On November 4, 2009, Lamont reported that he would create an exploratory committee for the race for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_gubernatorial_election,2010" title="Connecticut gubernatorial election, 2010" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Governor of Connecticut in 2010</a>, and on February 17, 2010, he officially announced his candidacy.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[23]</a> On May 22, 2010, he was defeated for the Democratic nomination by former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Stamford</a> mayor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Malloy" title="Dan Malloy" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dan Malloy</a>. Lamont received 582 votes (32 percent) to Malloy's 1,232 votes (68 percent). Since Lamont won more than fifteen percent of the vote, he appeared on the primary ballot on August 10, 2010. He lost the primary election to Malloy, who received 57.6 percent of the vote to Lamont's 42.4 percent.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[24]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Academia<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ned_Lamont&action=edit&section=6&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Academia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>After the election, Lamont entered academia. He served as a teaching <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow" title="Fellow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">fellow</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Institute_of_Politics" title="Harvard Institute of Politics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Harvard Institute of Politics</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[25]</a> and is currently an adjunct faculty member and Chair of the Arts and Sciences Public Policy Committee at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Connecticut_State_University" title="Central Connecticut State University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Central Connecticut State University</a>, where he was named by the Board of Trustees as Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Philosophy.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[26]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Memberships<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ned_Lamont&action=edit&section=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Memberships" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Lamont serves on the Board of Directors of Conservation Services Group, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Corps" title="Mercy Corps" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Mercy Corps</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Rockwell_Museum" title="Norman Rockwell Museum" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Norman Rockwell Museum</a>, and the Connecticut Council for Education Reform.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[27]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[28]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Personal life<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ned_Lamont&action=edit&section=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Personal life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>In 1983 Lamont married Ann Huntress, and together they have three children. Ann is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital" title="Venture capital" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">venture capitalist</a>, serving as a managing partner at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Investment_Partners" title="Oak Investment Partners" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Oak Investment Partners</a>; in 2007 she was named number 50 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Forbes</a>' <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas_List" title="Midas List" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Midas List</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[29]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[30]</a></div><div>==</div>