Brokman leaves Lamont administration to oversee reelection effort

Brokman leaves Lamont administration to oversee reelection effort

The reelection campaign of Gov. Ned Lamont took on a new leader Friday: the governor’s chief of staff, Matt Brokman. Brokman leaves the administration to assume the title of campaign chairman and a hands-on role in steering a campaign that changed last weekend when state Rep. Josh Elliott of Hamden qualified for a Democratic primary in August. Natalie Wagner, the governor’s deputy chief of staff, is taking over Brokman’s role at the Capitol for …

The runner stumbles. Lamont risks office fractures if he makes Wagner COS. An affront to New Haven. — Daily Ructions

Governor Ned Lamont is expected to send his chief of staff, Matthew Brokman, to take over running the Greenwich Democrat’s campaign for a third term. Brokman is expected to renovate the campaign organization as it prepares for a primary challenge from state Representative Josh Elliott, the leftwing Hamden Democrat. Brokman to the campaign means an opening in Lamont’s office, which will need to keep the governor’s official profile visible in mana…