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Governor Lamont has also partnered with national organizations and advocates, including GIFFORDS PAC, to further strengthen Connecticut’s already strong gun safety laws by expanding background checks, closing dangerous loopholes, banning ghost guns, and investing in community-based violence intervention strategies.

“When educators have a seat at the table, students win,” said CEA President Kate Dias. “Governor Lamont has shown a genuine commitment to listening to educators, supporting our public schools, and advancing policies that help students succeed. His partnership with the education community has strengthened our schools and our profession, and we are proud to endorse him for a third term as the leader our state needs.” CEA highlighted Lamont’s efforts to improve public education, including creating a Blue Ribbon Commission to modernize how schools are funded, leading the effort to ban cell phones and other classroom distractions, supporting legislation to strengthen privacy protections for educators, upholding collective bargaining rights of educators, advancing the Multi-Language Learners Bill of Rights, and increasing state financial support for districts to help with rising special education costs. “Leadership is measured by the choices made when it matters most.

“Gov. Lamont has been a steadfast champion for Connecticut real estate, proactively working to support decisions that help make Connecticut a desirable place to live and work,” Breen said. “Connecticut’s real estate industry and its economic success are tied together, and Governor Lamont understands that important connection.”

“He continues to advocate for programs and policies that can expand homeownership, affordability and real estate opportunity across communities in Connecticut,” Kebalo said.

In the name of working-class solidarity, five local Teamsters unions endorsed Gov. Ned Lamont for reelection despite his high-income bracket. Union members said they care more about his policy record than his bank account.

Those unions announced their support of Democratic incumbents Lamont and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz at a news conference on Friday that was held at at the Teamsters Local 443 headquarters at 200 Wallace St.

Rocco Calo, the principal officer of Teamsters Local Union 1150, praised Lamont and Bysiewicz for passing pro-worker legislation.

“If anybody turns on a news station, or entertainment station, FOX to CNN, all we hear is about how people care about the working class of this country. And that’s bullshit,” said Calo. “It’s bullshit because when you look at the actions of those folks, it doesn’t line up to their words.”

“Workers need champions who pass legislation that helps them and their families in their daily lives, and the trade union movement needs allies who will fight alongside us,” said Local 217 Secretary-Treasurer Joshua Stanley.

“Our union has been fighting to get middle class families back on their feet, and the governor has stood with us every step of the way,” he said.

Local 217 is proud to endorse Lamont for governor and Susan Bysiewicz for lieutenant governor, Stanley said, “because they have supported us as we grow, and because they understand that the trade union movement is a vital partner in overcoming our affordability crisis.”