HARTFORD, Conn. – Gov. M. Jodi Rell on Monday announced she will not run for re-election next year and said she will spend her remaining time in office working to sort out the state’s fiscal problems.
Rell, 63, became Connecticut’s acting governor in June 2004 when her predecessor, John Rowland, resigned due to a corruption investigation that eventually led to his imprisonment. A Republican, she was elected to a full term two years later.
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Jennifer Duffy, senior editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Cook Political Report, said Rell’s decision not to run made next year’s Connecticut governor’s race a toss-up between the Democratic and Republican parties.
Connecticut is the wealthiest state in the U.S. per capita but has faced serious budget problems due to the economic crisis. The state ended its 2009 fiscal year on June 30 with a $1 billion deficit and lawmakers did not pass a budget for the current year until September. It passed without Rell’s signature.
