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Jun 1, 2021 · When Rep. Ritchie Torres won his seat from New York's 15th Congressional District in November, he became the first gay Black member of Congress — an honor he soon shared with Mondaire Jones,...
Nov 4, 2020 · Nov. 4, 2020, 6:29 AM PST. By Dan Avery. Ritchie Torres has won his House race for New York’s 15th Congressional District, making him the first gay Afro Latino person elected to Congress....
Ritchie Torres. Representative Ritchie Torres is a fighter from the Bronx who has spent his entire life working for the community he calls home. Like many people in the South Bronx, poverty and struggle have never been abstractions to him, and he governs from a place of lived experience.
Rep. Ritchie Torres is a fighter from the Bronx who has spent his entire life working for the community he calls home. Like many in the Bronx, poverty and struggle have never been abstractions to him. At 25, Ritchie became NYC’s youngest elected official and the first openly LBGTQ person elected in the Bronx. He is a member of the Committee ...
Nov 6, 2020 · Torres became a community organizer focused on housing issues, leading to his 2013 bid for the City Council. At 24, he became the city’s youngest elected official and the first LGBTQ person to...
Nov 4, 2020 · CNN —. Ritchie Torres, a New York City Council member, won his US House race to represent the South Bronx, becoming the first black member of Congress who identifies as gay. Torres, 32 ...
Nov 4, 2020 · Ritchie Torres, a Democratic congressional candidate from New York, made history on election night when he was elected as the first openly gay Black man in Congress. Torres, who defeated...
