It’s official: Mondaire Jones joins Ritchie Torres in winning tonight and both will become the first Black openly LGBTQ people ever elected to the United States Congress!!
During the primary, Mondaire beat a huge slate of candidates for New York’s 17th Congressional District, including the self-funding son of a pharmaceutical billionaire and a state Senator who proudly caucused with anti-equality state legislators. Victory Fund was proud to be Mondaire’s FIRST national endorsement and stand with his campaign when few other orgs thought he could win in such a crowded field.
Mondaire is already using his platform to champion pro-equality causes. We can’t wait to see the work he does in Congress!
