Mondaire Jones is gay, Black & progressive. He’s also likely to be a Congressman next year.

Mondaire Jones greets potential voters
Photo: Campaign photo

Mondaire Jones is the front-runner in the Democratic primary for New York’s 17th Congressional District, getting twice as many votes as any of the other six candidates. He could be the first gay, Black member of Congress.

“I was never running to be one of 435 people in the House of Representatives,” he told the Journal News. “I’m running to be a transformational figure in American politics.”

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The results of the primary aren’t final because mail-in ballots have not yet been counted.

Jones, a lawyer who worked for President Barack Obama’s Justice Department, decided to run in the primary to challenge Rep. Nita Lowey (D) from the left before she announced her retirement after over 30 years in Congress. When she withdrew from the race, several other candidates entered the primary.

“I’m running as the guy who…

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