Photo: Getty Images Former White House aide Gabe Amo (D) has made history in Rhode Island. On Tuesday (November 7), Amo defeated Republican challenger Gerry Leonard, winning Rhode Island's first congressional district seat, per the Guardian. Amo, the son of Ghanaian and Liberian immigrants, is the state's first Black candidate to be elected to Congress. … Continued

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