Gay Dem Ex-Rep. Mondaire Jones Launches House Bid

The Huffington Post reports:

Former U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones (D) announced his candidacy on Wednesday for New York’s suburban 17th Congressional District, a seat the progressive previously represented but left last cycle amid an intra-party dispute.

After a complicated redistricting plan ― and the decision by Sean Patrick Maloney, then the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, to run in the 17th District ― prompted Jones to run unsuccessfully in New York City last summer, Jones has returned to his suburban stamping grounds, where he hopes to unseat Republican Rep. Mike Lawler.

Jones is set to first compete for the Democratic nod against Liz Gereghty, a former member of the Katonah-Lewisboro school board in the 17th District and the younger sister of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D).

Read the full article. In 2020, Jones and Rep. Richie Torres became the first openly gay black members of Congress.

He is due to face former school board member Liz Gereghty, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s younger sister, in the Democratic primary. https://t.co/YHzRM3Myke

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