On July 20, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled from the bench that candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor can combine their qualifying contributions, in order to reach the threshold of $250,000 in $5 donations for the purpose of qualifying for public funding. See this story. The lower court had come to the same conclusion. Connecticut elects the two offices jointly.
The case had been filed by Republican gubernatorial candidate Thomas Foley, who is not accepting public funding. He had been hoping to block additional public funding from going to his Republican rival, Michael Fedele.
At issue is the primary funds and in the primary the candidates for gov and lt gov are elected separately. It may make sense for the general election but not for the primary. What do you expect from a state giving millions of taxpayer money to candidate while running deficits. Good idea to let our grandchildren pay for this election, right?