Press Release

Victory Fund makes eight new endorsements

Thu, Aug 27th 2009, 14:11

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Denis Dison (202) 842-7308, denis.dison@victoryfund.org

Washington, D.C.—Eight openly gay and lesbian candidates earned the endorsement of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund in August, the group said today.  A total of 76 openly LGBT candidates have been endorsed by the Victory Fund so far this year.  The newly-endorsed candidates are:
 
Simone Bell --Georgia House of Representatives
Fred Chang --Port Orchard, Wash. City Council
David Cicilline --Mayor, Providence, Rhode Island
Daniel Dromm --New York City Council
Rosie Mendez --New York City Council
Eric Morrow --East Point, Ga. City Council
Ken Reeves --Cambridge, Mass. City Council
Amaad Rivera --Springfield, Mass. City Council
 
A map of all currently endorsed Victory Fund candidates is available here .
 
The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund is the nation’s largest LGBT political action committee, and the only national organization dedicated to growing the number of openly LGBT elected officials at all levels of government.  Today 450 out officials are serving in elective office in the U.S., up from just 49 when the group was founded in 1991.