Lamont, Elliott to make private pitch for AFL-CIO endorsement

Lamont, Elliott to make private pitch for AFL-CIO endorsement

Gov. Ned Lamont and his challenger for the Democratic nomination, Josh Elliott, will take turns Thursday afternoon in a hotel ballroom fielding questions from union members who will decide the next day if either of them will be endorsed by the Connecticut AFL-CIO ahead of the Aug. 11 primary. For the first time, the business of winning an endorsement by the state’s largest labor federation will happen behind closed doors: The Sixteenth Biennial …