Openly gay candidates poised to make historic wins in New York
Two openly gay Black candidates are on track to win seats in the U.S. Congress, a first for the nation that illustrates a "generation shift" in U.S. politics, experts and advocates said on Wednesday.
Following New York state's Democratic primary contest on Tuesday, attorney Mondaire Jones had 45% of the vote in one suburban race and City Councilman Ritchie Torres was well ahead of rivals for a New York City seat as of late Wednesday.
If elected, they would be the first openly gay Black men in Congress, part of a record number of LGBT+ candidates this year, according to the Victory Fund, a political advocacy group which endorsed and funded both of them....
