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LGBTQ+ Candidates to Watch in the Upcoming Election

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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres, running in separate New York districts, stand to become the first openly gay African-Americans in either house of Congress.

Torres would also be the first gay Afro-Latinx member.In California, lesbian Georgette Gómez is running to become the first LGBTQ+ Latina in Congress.

In Texas, Gina Ortiz Jones, also a lesbian, would be the first LGBTQ+ Filipina representative. Ortiz Jones would be the first out member of the Texas delegation as well.Several other states have a chance to elect their first LGBTQ+ representatives: in Indiana, Pat Hackett, a lesbian; in Michigan, Jon Hoadley, a gay man; in Washington State, Beth Doglio, a bisexual woman.

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