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Barney Frank, the first openly gay member of Congress, has been in this fight for a long time.

Gill, 31, is the youngest Republican member of Congress, elected to represent Texas’ 26th District starting this year, and is considered a rising force in the GOP.

Three years later he trounced an incumbent member of Congress.

“Diggs would make more official trips and fact-finding missions to Africa than any other member of Congress,” the author reports.

In Virginia, Spanberger, a former member of Congress, has built her campaign around economic anxiety and federal-workforce turmoil.