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Dems Announce Representative Malcolm Kenyatta as Keynote

MALCOLM KENYATTA
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ONEONTA—The Otsego County Democratic Committee will host DNC Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta as the keynote speaker at its annual dinner on Saturday, September 27 at 6 p.m. in SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Ballroom.

According to a release issued Tuesday, August 26, Representative Kenyatta is a barrier-breaking public figure, becoming the first openly LGBTQ+ person of color and one of the youngest people elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 2018. In 2022, he became the first openly LGBTQ+ person of color to seek a U.S. Senate seat in American history. In February, 2025 he was elected as vice chair of the DNC.

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