In what he acknowledges to be an unusual move, Kevin Lembo, the state's Healthcare Advocate, filed papers today seeking the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor.
Lembo hasn't joined any of the six (possibly seven) Democratic candidates exploring a run for the governor's office' [...] 
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With final official vote tallies still outstanding in several communities, preliminary results seem to show Republicans maintaining a stronghold in mostly Democratic towns like Middletown and New Britain and picking up seats in several communities like Stamford, Stratford, and Trumbull.