For the first time, Texas voters send Muslims and openly gay Black men to Legislature

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Voters elected Christian Manuel Hayes to House District 22 in Beaumont, Venton Jones to HD-100 in Dallas, Salman Bhojani to HD-92 in Tarrant County and Suleman Lalani to HD-76 in Fort Bend County

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The two candidates will take office ahead of a legislative session in which LGBTQ issues are likely to play a large role. Conservative lawmakers in recent years have raised concerns about books in schools that portray the experiences of gay and transgender people and indicated an interest in banning some content.

Both men are also immigrants. Bhojani, whose family is originally from Pakistan, moved to the United States as a teenager. Lalani came to the country in the 1990s to begin his career as a doctor., then a state senator, boycotted the Texas Senate’s first-ever prayer by a Muslim cleric. Patrick now presides over the Senate as lieutenant governor, easily winning reelection to that statewide post on Tuesday.

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