The 2018 Connecticut State Comptroller election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next
Connecticut State Comptroller
The state comptroller is the chief fiscal guardian of the Connecticut, State of Connecticut. The duties and responsibilities of the state comptroller include, among other things, overseeing state accounting, preparing state financial reports, payin ...
. Incumbent
Democrat
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Politics
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Kevin Lembo
Kevin P. Lembo (born September 6, 1963) is a Democratic elected official who served as the Connecticut State Comptroller, the statewide elected official responsible for reporting on state finances, administering health care plans for public empl ...
was re-elected to a third term, defeating
Republican nominee Kurt Miller.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
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Kevin Lembo
Kevin P. Lembo (born September 6, 1963) is a Democratic elected official who served as the Connecticut State Comptroller, the statewide elected official responsible for reporting on state finances, administering health care plans for public empl ...
, incumbent state comptroller (2011–2021)
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
*Kurt Miller, first selectman of
Seymour
Seymour may refer to:
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*Seymour, Victoria, a township
** Seymour railway station
* Electoral district of Seymour, a former electoral district in Victoria
* Rural City of Seymour, a former local government area in Victoria
* Se ...
Lost in primary
*Mark Greenberg, businessman from
Litchfield
Results
Third party candidates
Working Families
The
Working Families Party
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endorsed Lembo, giving him access to a second ballot line.
Official designee
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Kevin Lembo
Kevin P. Lembo (born September 6, 1963) is a Democratic elected official who served as the Connecticut State Comptroller, the statewide elected official responsible for reporting on state finances, administering health care plans for public empl ...
, incumbent state comptroller
Independent Party of Connecticut
The
Independent Party of Connecticut
The Independent Party of Connecticut (IPC) is a minor political party in the State of Connecticut. As of November 3, 2014, Connecticut had 16,189 active voters registered with the Connecticut Secretary of State with the Independent party, making i ...
endorsed Miller, giving him access to a second ballot line.
Official designee
*Kurt Miller, first selectman of
Seymour
Seymour may refer to:
Places Australia
*Seymour, Victoria, a township
** Seymour railway station
* Electoral district of Seymour, a former electoral district in Victoria
* Rural City of Seymour, a former local government area in Victoria
* Se ...
Libertarian Party
Nominee
*Paul Passarelli,
CEO
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of Solar and Thermal Systems, Inc. and nominee for
U.S. Senator
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in
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
Green Party
Nominee
*Edward Heflin, entrepreneur and candidate for state senator from the
36th district in
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
General election
Results
By congressional district
Lembo won all five congressional districts.
References
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2018 Connecticut elections