From the left, Josh Elliott pumps up his challenge to Ned Lamont

From the left, Josh Elliott pumps up his challenge to Ned Lamont

Josh Elliott’s campaign for governor, and against the inevitability of the Democratic Party nominating Gov. Ned Lamont for a third term, is waged weeknights before Democratic town committees, sometimes two or three on a single evening. Words come in a rush, his time limited. His itineraries are dictated by the timing of DTC meetings, not the logic of geography. Connecticut is a small state that plays large to a candidate trying, on a single nigh…