Jewish Democrat Jeremy Moss becomes Michigan's first openly gay Congress member

Democratic state Sen. Jeremy Moss defeated Republican Troy Mayor Ethan Baker on Tuesday to become Michigan's first openly gay member of Congress, winning a Democratic-leaning Oakland County US House seat. Moss of Bloomfield Township led with 59.5% of the vote to Baker's 38% with an estimated 77.5% of votes counted, according to unofficial returns. The Associated Press and NBC called the race for Moss. He will fill an open seat in the 11th Congressional District being vacated by Democratic US Rep. Haley Stevens, who unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination for the US Senate. The 11th District, covering Oakland County communities such as Pontiac, Royal Oak, Birmingham, Farmington Hills, and West Bloomfield Township, has shifted from GOP-leaning to a Democratic stronghold over the past eight years. Moss, 40, won the Democratic primary with 49% of the vote. Baker, 47, has been Troy's mayor for six years. The article also notes that far-left streamer Hasan Piker used Moss as an example of a US Jew with pro-Israel rhetoric, suggesting such rhetoric could lead to violence against American Jews.