service. he, too, was in the church. i don t know if he was actually ordained, but in the studying for the priesthood, and he brought those values to the congress with a definite separation of church and state. so our prayers are with his nephew, dan, who serves with us now and to his wife, gayle, and the rest of the family. good-bye to dale kildy, hello to our new member, chantel brown, elected in ohio. i think it was, like, 80 /20 in the election. she is a proud daughter of cleveland. a strong advocate for working families and courageous voice for civil rights. she s here to build back better, and i m happy to swear her in later today. so build back better. as i said, just completing a meeting of the house democrats. again, i wish everyone could see the pride we take and the work
when democrat marcia thugs was confirmed, and democrat chantel brown, or that s present has defeated her republican challenger laverne gore corporate democrats have held the seat since 1983. in ohio s 15th district, mike carey is the winner there, defeating and look down like democrat allison russo who was endorsed by president biden. this seat has been held by republicans for the better part of 50 years and it opened up when back in april steve sieber is resigned. in the meantime, let s run downn the big part of the mayors races, conceded to michelle wu and will make history on a couple of different accounts, being the first woman in the first person of color to lead the city of boston. in buffalo, an unusual race. the incumbent mayor byron brown lost in a primary to india be