Gabe Amo is set to become the first person of color in the state's congressional delegation.
Gabe Amo prevailed over nearly a dozen other Democrats. | Amo Campaign via APGabe Amo is on a path to become his state’s first person of color in Congress after Democrats nominated him for Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday.
It’s a sign that progressives’ star power is perhaps not what it once was, even in a safely blue seat like RI-01. Former Democratic Rep. David Cicilline vacated RI-01 earlier this year to run the Rhode Island Foundation, a philanthropic organization in the state.Cicilline, who had helped lead the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Amo pulled ahead of former state Rep. Aaron Regunberg, who in the leadup to the election coalesced the support of progressive forces.
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