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Published December 18. 2020 9:14PM | Updated December 18. 2020 9:15PM
Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror
Clergy from Connecticut’s three largest cities reminded Gov. Ned Lamont this week that he needs their support to win reelection, and they challenged him to earn it by tackling the “racist and classist” way the state funds the struggling, segregated schools in their neighborhoods.
If not the first public overture to the governor by a Democratic constituency group about the 2022 campaign, the clergy’s 40-minute online talk with the governor on Tuesday was the bluntest. They kicked off the talk with some political math: The 55,000 votes cast for Lamont from their communities exceeded his 44,000-vote margin of victory.