Information: - Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Connecticut is also often grouped along with New York and New Jersey as the Tri-State Area. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capital city is Hartford, and its most populous city is Bridgeport. The state is named for the Connecticut River, a major U.S. river that approximately bisects the state. The word "Connecticut" is derived from various anglicized spellings of an Algonquian word for "long tidal river". - Connecticut for Lieberman was a Connecticut political party created by twenty-five supporters of Senator Joe Lieberman. The party was created to enable Lieberman to run for re-election following his defeat in the 2006 Connecticut Democratic primary. In the succeeding general election, Lieberman received 49.7% of the vote, defeating Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Alan Schlesinger. - Edward Miner '' Ned '' Lamont , Jr. ( born January 3 , 1954 ) is an American businessman and politician . In 2006 he defeated the prominent incumbent Senator , Joe Lieberman , for Connecticut 's Senatorial Democratic nomination ( 52 percent vs. 48 percent ) , who instead opted to run as a candidate under his Connecticut for Lieberman Party . Lamont finished second with 39 percent , compared to Lieberman 's 49 percent and Republican Alan Schlesinger 's 9 percent . In 2010 he ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Connecticut , but lost to Dan Malloy , the eventual winner of the election . Lamont founded and chaired Campus Televideo ( formerly Lamont Digital Systems ) , which provides video and data services to U.S. college campuses . He is currently a faculty member and Chair of the Arts and Sciences Public Policy Committee at Central Connecticut State University , where he was named by the Board of Trustees as Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Philosophy . - Alan Schlesinger (born January 4, 1958) is an American attorney, entrepreneur, politician and member of the Republican Party from the State of Florida. He has previously served as the Mayor of Derby, Connecticut from 1994 to 1998 and as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993. He ran three unsuccessful campaigns for the Republican nomination in : in 1984, 1990 and 1998. He was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2006, finishing third with 9.6%, behind incumbent Senator Joe Lieberman, who won with 49.7% and Democrat Ned Lamont, who took 39.7%. After his defeat, Schlesinger moved to Florida and considered running for Congress from there in 2008 and 2010. In 2013, he announced that he was running in , in the 2014 elections. In 2014, he finished in second place for the Republican nomination behind Carl J. Domino. - Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Rhode Island is the smallest in area, the eighth least populous, and the second most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states, following New Jersey. Its official name is also the longest of any state in the Union. Rhode Island is bordered by Connecticut to the west, Massachusetts to the north and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound. The state also shares a short maritime border with New York. - Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American politician and former United States Senator from Connecticut. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. Currently an Independent, he remains closely associated with the party. 'ned lamont' is related to which object entity through the relation of 'member of political party'? Choices: - democratic party - republican party - union
The answer to this question is:
democratic party