Profiling candidates in the race for Connecticut governor

(WFSB) – As Election Day approaches, Eyewitness Information is profiling candidates that can assist you, the voter, be taught extra about who’s operating.

On Election Day, Connecticut voters can have a selection of three candidates for governor: incumbent Democrat Ned Lamont, Republican Bob Stefanowski and Unbiased Get together candidate Rob Hotaling.

“We held the road we didn’t increase taxes, didn’t increase earnings taxes,” Lamont stated.

Lamont stated that during the last 4 years he and Democrats have balanced the state funds, handed $650 million in tax cuts, and created over 100,000 jobs.

Stefanowski is laser centered on the financial system.

“We have now lots of people within the state which can be struggling. We have now a $6 billion surplus, Laura and I plan to provide a few of that again,” stated Stefanowski.

Stefanowski’s plan is to take $2 billion from the excess and provides it again to Connecticut households. Lamont desires to make use of a few of that cash to pay down state worker pension debt.

“All earlier governors put it on the bank card, cope with that later. Later is now, no extra kicking the can,” Lamont stated.

Stefanowski can be speaking about crime.

“Individuals really feel much less protected than they did 4 years in the past. Town of Hartford goes to have a document 12 months for homicides,” Stefanowski stated.

“These numbers are usually not simply comparatively optimistic,” Lamont stated.

However a state crime report launched final month exhibits a drop in violent and property crimes.

Stefanowski and Lamont are multi-millionaires. Over the previous three years, tax returns present Stefanowski earned near $37 million. He’s a enterprise guide and one in all his purchasers is an organization that has ties to the chief of Saudi Arabia, a current topic of assault on the marketing campaign path.

“Connecticut is invested over there, Ray Dalio is invested over there, Sikorsky sells helicopters over there,” Stefanowski stated.

Lamont is richer, incomes $54 million simply final 12 months. Most of it from funding earnings.

“My jobs and financial system plan, I’ve the perfect plan,” Hotaling stated.

Unbiased Get together candidate and financial institution government Hotaling sees himself as a bridge to maneuver the state ahead. His plan cuts automotive taxes and a few companies’ taxes.

He sees himself as the one candidate who can break the blue-red divide.

“Forty-one % of the voting inhabitants are unaffiliated for a motive. They establish extra with me than Republicans or Democrat candidates.”

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