NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- NYC councilman Ritchie Torres' win Tuesday night means that he will be the first Afro-Latinx LGBTQ person elected to Congress.
"Thank you. Tonight, we made history. It is the honor of a lifetime to represent the essential borough, the Bronx," the 32-year-old Bronx native tweeted.
Torres won the primary to replace retiring Rep. José Serrano in New York's 15th District.
The LGBTQ Victory Fund, which works to raise the visibility of LGBTQ people at all levels of office, said in a statement, "Most would have thought New York City's first LGBTQ member of Congress would be from Chelsea or Greenwich Village or Hell's Kitchen, but the Bronx beat them to it ... Ritchie's lived experience as an out LGBTQ Afro-Latinx man will bring an essential perspective to Capitol Hill ... He will become a role model for LGBTQ youth in the Bronx and beyond."



