Chip Beckett to Run for Lieutenant Governor on Independent Party Ticket.

Former Glastonbury Republican Chip Beckett is seeking the Independent Party nomination for lieutenant governor. The eight-term town council member announced Thursday that Rob Hotaling has asked Beckett to join him as his running mate. Hotaling is a member of the Independent Party and is seeking its nomination for governor.

Beckett served 16 years as a Republican member of the Glastonbury council. He left the party in 2021 and was defeated in a November bid for the council as a petitioning candidate. Becket has also run unsuccessfully for the state Senate and the state House of Representatives.

Published July 19, 2022.