Daniel Cameron, a former legal counsel for Senator Mitch McConnell, won his race for attorney general of Kentucky on Tuesday, making him the first black person to be elected to the office in the state.

He was also the first black person to be independently elected to a statewide office in Kentucky, and the first Republican attorney general elected in the state in more than 70 years.

The current lieutenant governor, Jenean Hampton , is also a black Republican, but she was voted into office as Gov. Matt Bevin’s running mate in the 2015 election.