Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lamont da farko ya goyi bayan yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na Chris Dodd. Bayan Dodd ya fita daga tseren, Lamont ya zama mataimakin shugaban kasa na Barack Obama. An ba da nasarar Obama a zaben fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat na Connecticut ga ikon Lamont na fitar da tushen masu jefa kuri'a da ya gina yayin yakin neman zabensa na majalisar dattijai. A watan Maris na shekara ta 2008, ya kasance wakilin jihar a taron kolin kasa da kasa na 2008
, goyon bayansa ya yi wa Obama alkawari.