Boughton to Join Lamont Administration as Tax Commissioner.

Republican Mark Boughton, serving his 10th term as mayor of Danbury, will become the commissioner of the Department of Revenue Services, Daily Ructions can report. Governor Ned Lamont, a Democrat, is expected to make the announcement Friday.

Boughton sought the Republican nomination for governor in 2010, 2014 and 2018. In 2010, the former state representative was the party’s nominee for lieutenant governor after defeating primary challenger Lisa Wilson Foley. Boughton abandoned his 2014 bid for governor after struggling to qualify for public financing. He was the party-endorsed candidate in 2018, but came in second in the five-candidate August primary.

Boughton’s durability as mayor of Danbury is unusual among the state’s local chief elected officials. His candor and stoicism as he underwent treatment in 2017 for a non-cancerous brain tumor earned him much admiration and goodwill across the political spectrum.

Lamont has found Boughton to be a reliable counselor as the first-term governor has cast a wide net seeking advice and ideas.