“No,” Rell said. “It’s become ugly. I’m sad to say that. … No, I wouldn’t do it. But at the same time, how many people are going to say no to public service because things have ...

“That to me is the great legacy of Jodi Rell. We cannot do what we do, we cannot serve the people of Connecticut, if they don’t trust and believe in their government leaders. She restored that ...

“You won’t find a single person in Brookfield who won’t say nice things about Jodi Rell. You won’t and it’s a really sad day for us.” Dunn said he met Jodi Rell 30 years ago in a local ...

She was 78 years old. Rell was the second woman to have held the governor’s office since Democrat Ella T. Grasso served from 1975 to 1980. She had served 25 years as a state representative ...

Jodi Rell has passed away ... Ned Lamont While Governor Lamont didn’t work with her in the legislature, he got to know her after and supported her efforts to encourage more people to run ...

Lamont recalled one helpful piece of advice Rell gave him about the challenges of being governor. “It seems like a really big deal today, governor, but it won’t be such a big deal tomorrow.

Rell recalled the process in an interview with the Connect Post as she was exiting office in 2010. "I do remember saying to John Rowland `don't ask me because I'm a woman; I won't do it,'" Rell said.

By Sam Roberts M. Jodi Rell, who was the first and, to date, the only Republican woman to serve as governor of Connecticut, beginning her seven years in office when the incumbent resigned in a ...

HARTFORD, Conn.-- M. Jodi Rell, who became Connecticut's second female governor when John Rowland resigned amid a corruption scandal, has died. She was 78. Rell died Wednesday following a brief ...

"It's become ugly. And I'm sad to say that," Rell said. "No, I wouldn't do it. But at the same time, how many people are going to say no to public service because things have turned so ugly?

Former Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who took over the office to become the second female governor in state history after her predecessor resigned amid a corruption scandal, has died. She was 78.