With the November 2017 elections seeing big wins for Democrats in the statewide races, there were two significant wins for Republicans in the liberal state of Connecticut. Ed Ford Jr. and Tyrell Brown have most likely made state history by becoming the youngest black Republicans to be elected to local office.
WTNH reported the two have been best friends since middle school, and the current college juniors will have to juggle schoolwork while carrying out their respective roles in office. Ford won a seat on the Middletown, Connecticut, school board while Brown was elected to the Middletown Planning and Zoning Commission.
“When the results came in, I was absolutely euphoric,” Ford said.
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