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Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones become first two openly gay Black men elected to Congress

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Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones made history this week by becoming the first two openly gay Black men elected to Congress.

Torres, a 32-year-old New York City Council member, handily won New York's 15th Congressional District, which covers parts of the Bronx and is one of the poorest districts in the nation.  "It is the honor of a lifetime to represent a borough filled with essential workers who have risked their lives so that New York City could live," Torres said in a statement after his victory.  "The Bronx is my home, it is what made me who I am, and it is what I will fight for in Congress." He easily won Tuesday, receiving 88% of the vote in the heavily Democratic district after besting a crowded field of 11 other candidates in the.

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