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Gay, black pro-Israel candidate set to win seat in US Congress

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Published: 30 June 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

‘I am from the Bronx, I'm Afro-Latino, I'm Puerto Rican, I'm a millennial — but I'm also pro-Israel,’ says Ritchie Torres

Ritchie Torres: ‘I am the embodiment of a pro-Israel progressive’ (Jewish Insider)
“I am from the Bronx, I'm Afro-Latino, I'm Puerto Rican, I'm a millennial — but I'm also pro-Israel.”

Openly gay, black and 'pro-Israel progressive' Ritchie Torres set to win seat in Congress (Haaretz)
Torres was well ahead of rivals in the race for New York’s 15th Congressional District seat representing the South Bronx as of late Wednesday

Photo: Bronx City Councilman Ritchie Torres speaks during a news conference in New York, 2018 (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
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