What is Mondaire Jones?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Mondaire Jones | state = [[New York (state)|New York]] | district = {{ushr|NY|17|17th}} | term_start = January 3, 2021 | term_end = January 3, 2023 | predecessor = [[Nita Lowey]] | successor = [[Dan Goldman (politician)|Dan Goldman]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|5|18}} | birth_place = [[Nyack, New York|Nyack]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = | education = [[Stanford University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) | website = {{URL|mondaireforcongress.com|Campaign website}} | image = Mondaire Jones 117th U.S Congress.jpg }} '''Mondaire Jones''' (born May 18, 1987)<ref>{{cite tweet |user=MondaireJones |number=1262366077243228160 |date=May 18, 2020 |title=Today’s my 33rd birthday and all I want is #MedicareForAll, a #GreenNewDeal, #StudentDebtForgiveness, and a country that values working people over corporate profits. |accessdate=July 24, 2020}}</ref> is an American attorney and politician. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Party. He was the U.S. Representative for {{ushr|NY|17}} from 2021 to 2023. He and [[Ritchie Torres]] were the first openly gay black members of Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ritchie Torres Has Made History As The First Openly Gay Black Member Of Congress|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/addybaird/ritchie-torres-mondaire-jones-first-gay-black-congress|access-date=2020-11-04|website=BuzzFeed News|language=en}}</ref> He was the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee for {{ushr|NY|17}} in the [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New York#District 17|2020 election]]. He won the election in November 2020. In August 2022, he lost re-nomination in the Democratic