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Body: The balance of power in Washington just shifted. Democrat Christian Menefee has officially won the crucial Texas House seat, a move that significantly narrows the Republican majority.

Is this a sign of what's to come in the midterms? The numbers tell a surprising story.

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Across Texas, more than 50 LGBTQ candidates are running for office. That’s three times more than the state has seen in any other election cycle.

Gina Ortiz Jones, an army veteran, is one of those candidates. She's the Democratic nominee for Texas’ 23rd Congressional District and, if elected, Jones will be the first lesbian, Iraq veteran, and first-generation Filipina-American to represent Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. She will also be the first woman to be elected from her district.

“To me, I’m more concerned that I’m not the last,” Jones told NBC News' Catie Beck when asked about the pressure of all those “firsts.”