Independent candidates Oz Griebel and Monte E. Frank announced that they have been certified by Connecticut”™s Secretary of the State to be listed on the November ballot for governor and lieutenant governor.
Griebel, a Republican who unsuccessfully sought his party”™s nomination for governor in 2010, was previously president and CEO of MetroHartford Alliance. Frank, a Democrat, is a member in the litigation practice in the Bridgeport office of Pullman & Comley and is making his first run for elected office.
Griebel and Frank needed to obtain 7,500 signatures to appear on the November ballot. In a message on his Facebook page, Griebel stated that the campaign gathered more than 10,000 signatures as part of the petitioning process.
“You now have a legitimate third choice, a true independent choice on Nov. 6,” Griebel said.
