Bronx-based New York City councilmember RitchieTorres, 32, and lawyer MondaireJones, 33, of suburban Westchester County, are on track to become the first openly gay Black congressmen.
in the middle of Pride month, Torres and Jones are faces of the Democratic party’s progressive new guard. Both are running to replace long-serving, retiring incumbents . Representing the poorest district in the country, Torres, a self-described “product of public housing” who became the youngest-ever New York city councilperson in 2013 at age 25, has been a champion of criminal-justice reform and affordable housing. As a city councilmember, he fought for an LGBTQ+ mental-health bill.
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