By Rinker Buck
Kevin P. Lembo won the Democratic Party's endorsement for State Comptroller, ending a surprisingly brief state Democratic convention on Saturday.
Lembo, a former assistant state comptroller and currently the head of the state Office of the Healthcare Advocacy, accumulated 998 votes over three other candidates in the race. Two other candidates qualified for the August primary by winning at least 15 percent of the delegate vote.
They are State representative Tom Reynolds of Ledyard and Waterbury Mayor Michael Jarjura.
(In photo, Kevin Lembo accepts the endorsement for Comptroller at the Democratic Convention. Bettina Hansen/Hartford Courant)