The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund has endorsed ten new candidates seeking public office. The candidates include Rebecca Kaplan, who seeks a seat on the Oakland City Council, and Andrew Martin, who is running for the Nevada Assembly.
Sammon: Gays and marriage not responsible for Bush?s win in 2004 Jul 1st Within the pages of the same publication, Log Cabin Republicans President Patrick Sammon has responded to former presidential candidate Gary Bauer’s column in Politico, stating that gay people getting married were not at the root of George W. » read article
Florida
House candidate and Victory endorsee Mark LaFontaine received the unanimous endorsement of the Florida
AFL-CIO for District 92. The Florida AFL-CIO
represents 500,000 workers, retirees and their families.
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The Pittsburgh City Council gave final approval today to a domestic partner registry. Openly gay city council member and former Victory Fund endorsee Bruce Kraus wrote the legislation.
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Victory endorsee Al McAffrey will serve a second term in the Oklahoma state House of Representatives thanks to a court ruling removing his only opponent. He became the first openly gay member of the legislature in 2006.
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Larry Bliss won his Democratic primary by a wide margin on Tuesday. Bliss, who seeks a seat in the Maine State Senate, will advance to a general election where he is heavily favored.
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Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed a bill outlawing discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people when seeking housing. Openly lesbian state Rep. Jennifer Veiga introduced the bill.
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Since there are currently no LGBT members of the Florida legislature, so this election presents a tremendous opportunity for the state’s LGBT community.
Jim will be running statewide to keep this seat after being appointed to it in 2007. He is the first openly gay statewide official in Oklahoma's history.
