Nov 9, 2009 5:28 pm US/Eastern
Conn. Gov. Jodi Rell Won't Seek Re-Election
HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS) ―
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Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell is sworn into office on Jan. 2007.
AP
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell says she will not seek re-election next year.
Rell made the announcement in a news conference with reporters Monday at the statehouse in Hartford.
Rell, Connecticut's 87th governor, has been in office since 2004, when former Gov. John Rowland resigned in a corruption probe. She was elected to her own term in 2006, becoming the first Republican woman elected the state's chief executive.
Her job approval numbers have dipped in recent Quinnipiac University polls, due mostly to the state's budget problems. A Sept. 16 poll showed 59 percent approve of how she's handling her job while 34 percent disapproved -- the lowest approval number during her tenure as governor.
Her all-time high was 83 percent job approval in a Jan. 13, 2005 survey.
Rell curently resides in Brookfield with her husband Lou. They have two grown children and three grandchildren: Meredith, her husband Matthew O'Connor and their sons Tyler and Shane; and Michael, his wife Maura and their daughter, Madeline.
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