Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Lamont pakutanga akatsigira Chris Dodd mushandirapamwe wake wokutsvaka kuva purezidhendi. Mushure mokunge Dodd abva munhangemutange, Lamont akava sachigaro wehurumende weBarack Obama
nhimbe yapurezidhendi. 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.