In a press conference held this afternoon Gov. Jodi Rell, R-CT, announced that she will not be seeking re-election in 2010. Rell offered no specific reason for the decision but did site "soul searching" and a talk with her family as key decision making factors. The 63-year-old Rell came into office in 2004 when John Rowland resigned amid a corruption investigation. Rell was elected to her own four year term in 2006.
Since taking office Rell has signed gay marriage into state law making Connecticut one of the first states to recgonize it as a legal transaction, and helped the state penial system make big bucks by allowing prisonmates to remain in state.
CT Democratic hopefuls are reeling over the announcement looking to winning one back for the blue team.
Stamford mayor Dannel Malloy and former Senate hopeful Ned Lamont are vying for the seat come next November.
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