The Connecticut public funding law is being used for the first time this year in a gubernatorial election.  Connecticut elects candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor on a joint ticket, not only in the general election, but in primaries.  There are two teams running against each other in the Republican primary next month.

One team is not applying for public funding; the other team is.  The team that is applying for public funding won a recent ruling from the agency that administers the public funding program that a gubernatorial candidate, and his or her running mate, may combine their contributions in order to qualify that team for public funding.  The law appears unclear, and the team that is not applying for public funding has sued to disqualify the opposing team from receiving public funds.  See this story.