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Dec 2020
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No one gave Ritchie Torres a shot. He'll...

THE WASHINGTON POST
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee didn’t support him. The local Democratic Party didn’t support him. AOC didn’t endorse him. So Ritchie Torres of the South Bronx will arrive in Washington as a free man politically. 
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