Chris Pappas is set to become the first openly gay male U.S. senator, following his projected defeat of former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu in New Hampshire.

The Democrat is the third LGBTQ+ person to be elected to the Senate, following former senators Tammy Baldwin and Kyrsten Sinema.

His victory keeps the open Senate seat in Democratic control as Pappas and Sununu were facing off against retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.

After his win, Pappas told supporter it was a “victory for Team New Hampshire over the broken status quo,” per the Associated Press .

“Tonight’s results are a wake-up call for corporate special interests and billionaires who have been rigging the economy, for the cowards in Congress who have enabled health care cuts, tariffs and war and for the incompetent president who can’t even be bothered to care how people are being hurt,” he added.

As Pappas makes history as the first openly gay male senator, Andrew Scott is generating similar buzz to potentially become the first openly gay…