Gina Ortiz Jones Tammye Nash | Managing Editornash@dallasvoice.com LGBTQ candidates, and non-LGBTQ candidates who sought the community’s support, did well in the Texas primary elections on Super Tuesday, including Gina Ortiz Jones, who could become the first openly LGBTQ person to represent Texas in the U.S.
House of Representatives. Jones won the Democratic primary in Texas’ 23rd congressional district without a runoff, despite there being five candidates in the race.