HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont asked his cabinet commissioners to hand in their resignations on Friday, Nov. 6, opening a review of his administration's leadership three days after voters gave him a third term, CT Mirror reported.

Matt Brokman will remain his chief of staff, Lamont said. Brokman had stepped away from his state job to help with the campaign and is now back in the governor's office, according to CT Mirror.

In a brief interview with CT Mirror, Lamont said the new term offers "a chance to make some changes and inject more energy in some of our departments." He declined to say which agencies he is examining most closely.

"As was the case in 2022, Gov. Lamont is taking this opportunity to evaluate agency leadership and ensure the administration is aligned on goals for the upcoming term," Cathryn Vaulman, Lamont's communications director, said, according to CT Mirror. She added: "All commissioners must go through the nomination and approval process at the start of the next session."

Lamont, a Democrat, won the Nov. 3 election in what CT Mirror called a landslide, and he will be sworn in again Jan. 6. Only CT Mirror has reported the request. It is not clear how many commissioners received it or whether any will be replaced.

The governor's office named Brokman chief of staff on July 2, 2024, succeeding Jonathan Dach, who was leaving to move out of state. In that announcement, the office said Brokman had been a senior adviser to Lamont from January 2023 and earlier was chief of staff to House Majority Leader Jason Rojas and to former House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz.

Schools are expected to be a focus for Lamont in the coming term, CT Mirror reported, and the outlet said that has raised questions about Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker, who argued hard to stay in 2022 when Lamont considered a change. The state Board of Education formally fills the job, though the governor has a say. In April, Lamont put Russell-Tucker and his deputy chief of staff, Natalie Wagner, at the head of a new panel studying K-12 funding and accountability, with Wagner as chair; its findings are expected in January.

After his 2022 win, Lamont waited 13 days before making his first staff changes, CT Mirror reported.