In a pair of historic firsts, Robert Garcia, the former Long Beach mayor, is set to become the first openly gay immigrant in Congress. The candidate who could take over Garcia's former job would become the city's first Black mayor.
The LGBTQ Victory Fund, a group dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders, called Garcia’s win important for representation and also the future.
“With anti-LGBTQ and anti-choice legislation currently moving through Congress, the stakes of this election could not have been higher — and California voters delivered,” said Annise Parker, the president and chief executive of LGBTQ Victory Fund and former mayor of Houston. “His win tonight will inspire countless other LGBTQ and first-generation Americans to pursue careers in public service.”
Garcia, 44, is married to Matthew Mendez Garcia, a professor of political science at Cal State Long Beach.Long Beach, which has its own public health agency, began vaccinating teachers in January and plans to reopen schools for youngest pupils March 29. At the age of 5, Garcia came to the U.S. from Peru with his mother, gaining his citizenship only years later as an adult. He was elected in 2014 to become the mayor of Long Beach, becoming the first openly gay immigrant mayor of Long Beach, and was later reelected.
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