Corey Brinson, who lost his bid for secretary of the state, was the only African American candidate at the state convention on Saturday.
And don't think he didn't notice.
"The state is 25 percent people of color. The convention is not," Brinson told the Courant's Jenna Carlesso.
Brinson ultimately lost the convention endorsement to Jerry Farrell Jr., the state's consumer protection commissioner.
However, he garnered nearly 40 percent of the votes, more than enough to force a primary. Brinson, a lawyer from Bloomfield, said he would decide Monday whether he will wage a primary.
Asked about whether he was standing in the way of that change in the Republican Party, Farrell replied: "I don't think any of us are minorities. We're all Americans. We all have something to offer."
"I am who I am. I can't be something else," Farrell added.