Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lamont pakutanga akatsigira Chris Dodd's mushandirapamwe wapurezidhendi. Mushure mokunge Dodd abva munhangemutange, Lamont akava sachigaro wehurumende yekambani yemutungamiri wenyika yaBarack Obama
. Kukunda kwaObama musarudzo dzokutanga dzeDemocratic dzokuConnecticut kwakarumbidzwa nekukwanisa kwaLamont kubudisa vavhoti vaainge avaka munguva yebasa rake reSenate. Muna Kurume 2008, aive mumiriri wenyika ku2008 Democratic National Convention, rutsigiro rwake rwakavimbisa kuna Obama.