Connecticut gubernatorial election, 2018 (Red Wave 2018)

The 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut, concurrently with the election of Connecticut's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. As Connecticut does not have gubernatorial term limits, incumbent Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy was eligible to run for a third term, but declined to do so. Malloy became the most unpopular governor in the United States, with an approval rating of 18%. The general election was between 2006 Democratic Senate nominee and businessman Ned Lamont, and Republican businessman Bob Stefanowski.

Stefanowski won the general election in a landslide with nearly 60% of the vote, compared to Lamont's 34%. His low vote count is mainly due to independent candidate Oz Griebel, who won 7.1% of the vote.