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Openly gay Latina wins Texas congressional seat 

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(Courtesy Mary Gonzalez)

Mary Gonzalez told them she was the best candidate to represent them and El Paso voters agreed, but along the way, the 28-year-old doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin broke her share of barriers.

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“But it’s important to note that we didn’t run this race as ‘I’m the gay candidate’ or the ‘woman candidate’ but as ‘I’m the best candidate.’ It’s very difficult to speak to voters about my sexuality when there are people who don’t have water in their neighborhood,”she adds.