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Torres was all but certain to win in his deep-blue House district. He defeated Republican Patrick Delices, a former professor of Caribbean studies at Hunter College. He fills a seat left by Rep. Jose Serrano, a term Democrat who said last year that he would not run for re-election.

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Thirteen voting members of the th Congress openly identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual — the highest number in history. While small, the number of lesbian, gay and bisexual lawmakers in Congress has steadily increased over the last decade. The previous Congress included a total of 11 lesbian, gay and bisexual lawmakers. There have not been any openly transgender members of Congress to date.

He was the first openly gay man to launch a major bid for the presidency. Pete Buttigieg, more commonly known as "Mayor Pete," announced his presidential exploratory committee on Jan. Buttigieg, who came out as he was pursuing his second term as mayor of his hometown, is hoping to become the nation's first openly gay presidential nominee of a major party. Out of the running: Saying that "the path has narrowed to a close," Buttigieg announced Sunday night that he is suspending his presidential campaign.