Connecticut’s Democrat AG Skips The “Misery” of Running For Governor On Malloy’s Failed Record

After eight years of tax hikes and job killing policies under Dan Malloy, Connecticut Democrats are so worried about their chances of keeping the the governor’s mansion that many potential successors are refusing to run. Yesterday, Connecticut’s Democrat Attorney General George Jepsen announced that he will not endure what he called the “misery” of running on Malloy’s record, and will not seek to “become governor of a state facing an unfunded pension liability and slow economic growth that will create difficult fiscal choices for years to come.”

The CT Mirror reports:

“Attorney General George Jepsen, who has been talking with friends about the pros and cons of running for governor in 2018, made it official Thursday morning on a radio appearance: He is going to take a pass on what is likely to remain the toughest job in Connecticut politics for the foreseeable future… 

‘The test I gave myself all along was when I wake up in the morning and look in the mirror, do I see somebody who wants to be governor so badly, and for the right reasons, that I’m willing to put up with all the misery of running to get there?’ Jepsen said in a telephone interview.”

Democrat leaders have left Connecticut’s economy in such a poor state that key contenders like Jepsen are refusing to run for governor at the risk of being saddled with their record. Those that are running, like Kevin Lembo, have already started their desperate attempts to run as far away from the current administration’s failures. But as George Jepsen seems to understand with his decision, no Democrat running for Connecticut governor in 2018 will be able to escape Malloy’s disastrous record of the last seven years.