Live Updates: Here are the results for Connecticut's 2022 midterm elections

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Published November 8, 2022 at 4:02 PM EST

Updated November 10, 2022 at 7:54 AM EST

Election official Glen Johnson watches as a tabulator machine prints ballot counts after the polls closed at the Christian Heritage School polling place in Trumbull, Conn. on Nov. 8, 2022.

Treasurer

As Erick Russell becomes Connecticut’s next state treasurer, he’ll make history.

Russell will be the first Black out LGBTQ person elected to statewide office in U.S. history, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund. Russell is an attorney who specializes in municipal finances.

His opponent was GOP candidate Harry Arora, a state representative and ranking member of the Labor and Public Employees Committee.

The Associated Press called the race for Russell Wednesday afternoon. He won with 52% of the vote.

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