Race and sexual preferences are two different things. One is a behavior-related and preference-related and one is something inherently - skin color, something obvious, that kind of stuff.

General election
Lankford defeated Billy Coyle. He stepped down on September 1 2009 to run for Congress. [citation needed]
He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education.

James Paul Lankford (born March 4 1968) is an American politician who has been the U. Representative for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district since 2011.