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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.

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,

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

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

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

Democrats were projected to win a Connecticut state House special election on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ. Democratic candidate Larry Pemberton defeated Republican Brandon Sabbag for Connecticut state House District 139.

Whoever wins the special election in Fairfield will likely have to raise taxes after the new property revaluation.

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.