The votes have been tallied, and Connecticut has a new “kid governor.” Keudy Martinez, a fifth grader at H.S. Chase Elementary School, will take on the role next year. He will be the state’s 10th kid governor.

A Waterbury fifth grader from H.S. Chase Elementary School has been elected to serve as Connecticut's 2025 Kid Governor. Keudy Martinez was announced as the election's winner on Wednesday morning by the Connecticut Democracy Center (CTDC) during a school assembly in Waterbury with the Kid Governor-Elect’s classmates and teachers in attendance.

WATERBURY - The city remains abuzz following Wednesday's announcement that one of its native sons has been elected to serve as Connecticut's next Kid Governor.One fifth-grader each year is chosen to help keep things running up in Hartford from a kid's point of view.