At least five dozen LGBTQ candidates will appear on primary ballots across the U.S. this month alone.
June 12, 2020, 9:00 AM UTCWhen Ritchie Torres won his race for the New York City Council at age 25, he became the youngest elected city official in New York City and the first openly gay person elected to legislative office from the Bronx."If you want a chance at being a transformative policymaker, then you have to be in Washington, D.C.," Torres told NBC News."That's where the priorities are formed. That's where the purse strings are.
New York City Council member Ritchie Torres, left, and Housing Rights Initiative Executive Director Aaron Carr at a news conference outside Kushner Cos. headquarters in New York on March 19, 2018.Torres is one of at least five dozen lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer candidates who will appear on primary ballots across the U.S. this month alone. If elected, he would become the first Afro-Latinx gay person to ever serve in Congress.
As in previous election cycles, the number and diversity of LGBTQ candidates continue to grow, but unlike in previous years, candidates are confronting both a pandemic and historic protests in response to racism and police violence.
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