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Ned Lamont: “We've had, you know, seven balanced budgets in a row.”

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Published November 16, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:23

They had a hard time getting a budget last time. A lot of people leaving the state. Morale was down. I tried hard to turn that around. We've had, you know, seven balanced budgets in a row. A lot of people moving into the state or staying in the state. Then we got derailed by Covid. Now I've got Trump. So there's always something going on. (01:23–01:27)

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Asserts that Connecticut has had seven consecutive balanced budgets.

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