sentences:  Governor Malloy announced on January 8, 2018, that he had nominated McDonald to be the next Chief Justice, to succeed Rogers.However, in March 2018, McDonald’s nomination was rejected by the Connecticut Senate in a 19-16 vote, with all 18 Republican state senators voting no.If he’d been confirmed, McDonald would have been the first openly gay person to serve as chief justice of a U.S. state supreme court.