With Pemberton’s victory, the House will return to full strength, with Democrats once again holding a 102-49 super majority.

Candidates include Democrat Larry Pemberton and Republican Brandon Sabbag, plus write-in candidate Mark Adams, who ran for the House seat in the past.

The special election Tuesday to fill the vacancy left by the death of Rep. Kevin Ryan, D-Montville, is certain to make history.

Early results showed Larry Pemberton Jr. assured of election to the 139th House District of Ledyard, Montville and Norwich.

Source: Election results and race calls are from The Associated Press. By The New York Times election results team: Michael Andre, Matthew Bloch, Lily Boyce, Irineo Cabreros, Nico Chilla, Nate Cohn, Annie Daniel,

Democrat Larry Pemberton made history in the Jan. 13 special election, as he is the first Native American elected to the Connecticut General Assembly.

Democratic candidate Larry Pemberton Jr. won a special election to fill the 139th District House seat Tuesday, according to the unofficial results on the Connecticut

FAIRFIELD — In the high-stakes campaign for chief elected official in Fairfield, Democratic First Selectperson Christine Vitale is learning a new job while defending a challenge from a well-know local Republican who first entered the General Assembly in 2009.

Former New York Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey entered the race for Connecticut governor Wednesday as the third Republican candidate, branding herself as a

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The U.S. Justice Department has added Connecticut to the list of states it is suing for failing to produce detailed information on registered voters that the department says it needs to enforce federal clean election laws.