Openly gay Jewish candidate makes history with Colorado win - Haaretz - Israel News

Openly gay Jewish candidate makes history with Colorado win - Haaretz - Israel News: "Openly gay Jewish candidate makes history with Colorado win
By Haaretz Service
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Jared Schutz Polis, 33, made history on Tuesday by being the first openly gay non-incumbent male elected to the United States Congress.

Polis, a Jew and a Democrat, will represent Colorado's 2nd District.

Another Jewish candidate to join Congress for the first time was John Adler, a Democrat who won an open seat in Trenton, New Jersey, after Republican Jim Saxton, who held the seat for 20 years, retired this year.
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All six Jewish freshmen in the U.S. House of Representatives will return to Washington in January, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported Wednesday."

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