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Jones wins, to be among 1st openly gay Black men in House

by Marina Villeneuve & Karen Matthews
| November 4, 2020 8:27 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Mondaire Jones won election in New York City’s northern suburbs, setting him up to become one of the first two openly gay Black men to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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