Nancy Wyman, a Connecticut Democrat who served 16 years as state comptroller and two terms as lieutenant governor, died Aug. 12, 2026, at 80, WTNH reported.
Before entering statewide office, Wyman served eight years on the Tolland Board of Education from 1979 to 1987, including four as vice chair. She entered the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1987 and served four terms, including as chair of its Education Committee.
After four terms in the House, Wyman was elected Connecticut comptroller in 1994, becoming the first woman elected to the office. She took office in 1995. As comptroller, she founded a health-care working group whose recommendation evolved into HUSKY Health, a Connecticut health-insurance program for children and their families. The program covered more than 300,000 children and their families.
While Wyman was comptroller, she and Brad Davis, a Hartford radio host, established Connecticut’s Wall of Honor in 2007. The memorial at the State Capitol honors Connecticut service members killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars since Sept. 11, 2001, and became a site for annual ceremonies.
In 2010, Wyman and gubernatorial candidate Dannel P. Malloy won Connecticut’s general election, and she took office as lieutenant governor in January 2011. Malloy asked her to lead Connecticut’s implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act. As chair of the Access Health CT board, she helped oversee the October 2013 launch of Connecticut’s health-insurance exchange. Enrollment in the exchange surpassed 100,000 seven weeks ahead of schedule, reaching 121,983 by February 2014. Wyman and Malloy won reelection in 2014. She completed her second term as lieutenant governor in January 2019.
