Lembo-Winfield Negotiating Ticket Deal.

State Comptroller Kevin Lembo and state Senator Gary Winfield are in talks to form a ticket with the New Haven Democrat serving as Lembo’s running mate for lieutenant governor, Daily Ructions can report. The talks are not complete, but any deal would pose an early threat to state Senator Ted Kennedy’s strength in his home turf, greater New Haven. Kennedy is also expected to run for governor.

Winfield and Kennedy have been rivals for several years in the heart of the state’s 3rd Congressional District. Their relationship is said to be little more than cordial.

Lembo’s announcement of his candidacy for the state’s highest office is imminent.