Former Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell Dies at 78; Lauded for Ethical Leadership and Bipartisanship
HARTFORD, Conn. — M. Jodi Rell, the distinguished former governor of Connecticut known for her bipartisan leadership and ethical reforms, died at the age of 78. Rell passed away in Florida on November 20, 2024, after a brief illness, leaving behind a legacy of integrity and policy breakthroughs in Connecticut’s state government. Ascending to the governorship in 2004 amid a corruption scandal that led her predecessor, John G. Rowland, to resign, Rell restored a sense …