Growg up the Bronx poor, Ao-Lato and gay, Rchie Torr said he never imaged that he would one day be elected to the Uned Stat Hoe of Reprentativ. But a few weeks, Torr, 32, a Democrat om New York, will bee the first Ao-Lato openly-gay ngrsman. "I never thought my wilst dreams that as a poor kid om the Bronx, I would bee a Uned Stat ngrsman," Torr told Rters the day before headg to the natn's pal for Congrs's new member orientatn.
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- RCHIE TORR BE FIRST GAY AO LATO ELECTED TO CONGRS
- 1ST OPENLY GAY BLACK POLICIANS ELECTED TO US CONGRS
- FIRST OPENLY GAY AO-LATO U.S. NGRSMAN: 'NEVER MY WILST DREAMS'
- RCHIE TORR TO BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY AO-LATO MEMBER OF CONGRS
- 'THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMG.' TWO NEW YORK CANDIDAT NOW POISED TO BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK, AO-LATO MEN CONGRS
RCHIE TORR BE FIRST GAY AO LATO ELECTED TO CONGRS
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Rchie Torr has won his Hoe race for New York’s 15th Congrsnal District, makg him the first gay Ao Lato person elected to was all but certa to w his ep-blue Hoe district. "Tonight we ma history, " Torr tweeted Tuday night, llg "the honor of a lifetime to reprent a borough filled wh sential workers who risked their liv so that New York Cy uld live" durg the uld be joed by Mondaire Jon, who's currently ahead his race for New York's 17th Congrsnal District, as the first gay Black members of, 32, a Bronx native, is the youngt member of the New York Cy Council, where he has advoted for better public hog and programs to addrs racially ncentrated poverty.
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1ST OPENLY GAY BLACK POLICIANS ELECTED TO US CONGRS
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FIRST OPENLY GAY AO-LATO U.S. NGRSMAN: 'NEVER MY WILST DREAMS'
By Angela MooreNEW YORK (Rters) - Growg up the Bronx poor, Ao-Lato and gay, Rchie Torr said he never imaged that he would one day be elected to the Uned Stat Hoe of a few weeks, Torr, 32, a Democrat om New York, will bee the first Ao-Lato openly-gay ngrsman. "I never thought my wilst dreams that as a poor kid om the Bronx, I would bee a Uned Stat ngrsman, " Torr told Rters the day before headg to the natn's pal for Congrs's new member mak history along wh fellow Democrat and New Yorker Mondaire Jon, who will be the first openly-gay Ain-Amerin, who is both Black and Puerto Rin, grew up wh a sgle mother New York Cy's public hog.
Democratic New York Cy Councilman Rchie Torr is projected to bee the first openly gay, Ao-Lato member of Congrs after wng one of the untry’s most Democratic-leang Hoe seats. Rubén Díaz Sr., a pro-Tmp, anti-abortn, anti-gay marriage ndidate. Two Democratic ndidat appear poised to bee the first openly gay Black members of Congrs.
RCHIE TORR TO BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY AO-LATO MEMBER OF CONGRS
Both ndidat are nng districts viewed as Democratic strongholds; if they w e November, Torr and Jon would be the first openly gay Black members of Congrs. Torr would also be the first openly gay Ao-Lato ngrsman.
“Growg up poor, Black and gay, I would never have imaged that someone like me uld n for Congrs, let alone be a leadg ntenr for the Democratic nomatn, ” Jon tells TIME. He’s has been a breakout star cy polics; he was elected to New York Cy Council back 2013 at 25, beg the youngt member of the uncil and the first openly gay elected official the Bronx.
'THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMG.' TWO NEW YORK CANDIDAT NOW POISED TO BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK, AO-LATO MEN CONGRS
Jose Serrano, cludg ntroversial New York Cy Council member Rubén Díaz Sr., who has a long history of homophobic ments, has praised Print Donald Tmp and oppos abortn.
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