Chloe Lomax-Blackwell, center, briefly performs a reading just prior to five gubernatorial candidates participating in Create the Vote CT, a public gubernatorial candidate forum about arts, culture and the future of Connecticut's economy, held at the Mainstage Theater in the Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School in New Haven, Conn., on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Candidates David Stemerman, left, and Joe Ganim look on. (Tim Martin/The Day)
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