Ned Lamont

Edward Miner "Ned" Lamont, Jr. (born January 3, 1954) is an American businessman and politician. In 2006 he defeated the prominent incumbent Senator, Joe Lieberman, for Connecticut's Senatorial Democratic nomination (52 percent vs. 48 percent), who instead opted to run as a candidate under his Connecticut for Lieberman Party. Lamont finished second with 39 percent, compared to Lieberman's 49 percent and Republican Alan Schlesinger's 9 percent. In 2010 he ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Connecticut, but lost to Dan Malloy, the eventual winner of the election.

Lamont founded and chaired Campus Televideo (formerly Lamont Digital Systems), which provides video and data services to U.S. college campuses. He is currently a faculty member and Chair of the Arts and Sciences Public Policy Committee at Central Connecticut State University, where he was named by the Board of Trustees as Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Philosophy.

Early life

Lamont was born on January 3, 1954, in Washington, D.C. to Camille Helene (née Buzby) and Edward Miner Lamont, and is the great-grandson of former J. P. Morgan & Co. chairman Thomas W. Lamont. His mother was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to American parents. His father, an economist, worked on the Marshall Plan and later served in Department of Housing and Urban Development during the Nixon administration. Lamont attended Phillips Exeter Academy, where he served as president of the student newspaper, The Exonian. After graduating Phillips Exeter in 1972, Lamont earned an Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College in 1976 and an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management in 1980.