In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.

Sentence 1:If elected , he would have served alongside Alaska 's current junior senator , Dan Sullivan ( no relation ) . Sentence 2:However , Sullivan dropped out of the race two weeks later on June 16 , 2016 .
however

Sentence 1:This occurs east of the mountains down through the Mid Atlantic states . Sentence 2:Meanwhile , a Pacific storm slammed onto the California coast during the 11th and as it moved eastward , a new area of low pressure developed across southeastern Colorado and the Texas Panhandle .
meanwhile

Sentence 1:The laying arrangement can follow a pattern . Sentence 2:For example , in Pygoplatys tenangau , the egg clusters are distinctively hexagonal ; while in Piezosternum subulatum , they are arranged in two neat rows .

for example