Lumaj to Challenge Blumenthal.

Peter Lumaj disclosed on Facebook that he is returning from a Florida vacation to announce his campaign for the United States Senate. Lumaj will seek the Republican nomination to challenge incumbent Democrat Richard Blumenthal, who is seeking a third term.

Lumaj was the Republican candidate for secretary of the state in 2014. In that campaign, he introduced himself to voters with an ad that in which he spoke of growing up under the brutal Communtst dictatorship that ruled Albania.

Lumaj made bids for the Senate in 2012 and governor in 2018. The Fairfield Republican received 22 votes from the 1,209 delegates at the 2012 Republican nominations convention that endorsed Linda McMahon.