CT SB00504

Requires candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor to campaign jointly as a single ticket, with joint endorsement at state party conventions and a single roll-call vote for both offices.

Mandates that Governor and Lieutenant Governor candidates file joint certificates of endorsement and joint candidacy petitions, rather than separate filings.

Places Governor and Lieutenant Governor candidates in the same vertical column on primary ballots so voters cast a single vote for both, matching general election ballot format.

Allows candidate committees established by either the Governor or Lieutenant Governor candidate to make expenditures benefiting the other candidate's committee after joint endorsement or candidacy filing.

Establishes combined campaign finance limits and public funding grant amounts for jointly-campaigned Governor/Lieutenant Governor tickets, with the Lieutenant Governor candidate committee dissolving into the Governor candidate committee upon joint campaigning.