Special election results: Dems claim victory for Larry Pemberton
CT Mirror • • nation
Key Points:
- Larry Pemberton Jr. of the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation won a special election to the Connecticut House of Representatives, becoming the first publicly recognized member of a Connecticut tribe to serve in the General Assembly.
- Pemberton secured about 64% of the vote, defeating Republican Brandon Sabbag, who received 28%, and write-in candidate Mark Adams, who got 7%, with a voter turnout of 20%.
- The victory maintains the Democratic Party’s long-standing control of the 139th House District and restores the House to full strength, preserving a 102-49 Democratic supermajority.
- Sabbag’s campaign was weakened by revelations of his 2018 criminal convictions for misdemeanor assault and felony witness tampering
