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    LGBTQ+ CANDIDATES TO WATCH

    Aug 11, 2020 4 minutes

    LGBTQ+ candidates have many chances to make history in November. Here’s a look at game-changing candidates, who are all endorsed by the LGBTQ Victory Fund, which this year has endorsed 277 out candidates and is on track to back more than 300, the most in its 29-year history. Except where noted, all are Democrats and have already won their primaries.

    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 is running to become the first, also a lesbian, would be the first LGBTQ+ Filipina representative. Ortiz Jones would be the first out member of the Texas delegation as well.

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