Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Lamont pakutanga akatsigira Chris Dodd mushandirapamwe wake wokutsvaka kuva purezidhendi. Pashure pokunge Dodd abva munhangemutange yacho, Lamont akava sachigaro wenyika yeBarack Obama's presidential campaign. Kukunda kwaObama musarudzo dzokutanga dzeDemocratic dzokuConnecticut kwakarumbidzwa nekukwanisa kwaLamont kubudisa vavhoti vaainge avaka munguva yebasa rake reSenate. Muna Kurume 2008, aive mumiriri wenyika ku
2008 Democratic National Convention, rutsigiro rwake rwakavimbiswa kuna Obama.