“As you’re going to hear from my union brothers and sisters, it’s not complicated why labor is supporting our governor, Ned Lamont,” said Josh Stanley, the secretary-treasurer of Unite Here Local 217, whose members include cafeteria workers at Yale. Lamont, 72, a Democrat elected in 2018 and reelected in 2022, is the first Connecticut governor in 48 years to face a primary. Ned Lamont, center, gestures toward U.S. Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., during a campaign event, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Bristol, Conn. Credit: Jessica Hill / APThat’s not the reason why most unions are siding with Lamont in the Democratic primary on Tuesday. One of those earlier chairmen of the Investment Advisory Council was a fellow named Ned Lamont. “Weicker, I love Weicker, but he couldn’t give a shit about the pension funds either,” Lamont said.