U.S. Senate candidate Malcolm Kenyatta is fighting for the soul of democracy

Pennsylvania Representative Malcolm Kenyatta speaking to the press.
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If you ask Pennsylvania Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Malcolm Kenyatta (D) what he is most proud of in his political career, he will tell you that the moment hasn’t happened yet.

“My big hope will be that there is some kid right now who is watching this campaign who is saying to themselves, ‘You know what, I can do that too,’” Kenyatta told LGBTQ Nation. 

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Kenyatta could become the first out gay man elected to the U.S. Senate, as well as the first Black senator from Pennsylvania.

“Those distinctions are important,” he said, “but it’s less about it being important to me and it’s more about the ripple effect I hope it creates for people who see themselves and therefore understand that their possibilities are limitless. It is so difficult for kids to be something they can’t see.”

Kenyatta announced his Senate run last February and has long been considered a rising star in the Democratic party.

In a landslide victory in 2018, he became the first LGBTQ person of color to be…

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