I hope these people are Some pissed off at POTUS for fighting for Don't Ask Don't Tell, and not lifiting a finger on DOMA - cuz if they're not, they're rull of shit
On Nov 3, 5:27 pm, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > at very local levels > > [image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:lt_dZ9Be9-5tCM:http://i40.tinypic....] > According > to the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, a record number of openly LGBT candidates > have been elected to public office in 2010. ===== Hi Team! *? 2 ALL: RECORD > 106 CANDIDATES ELECTED IN 2010 -* > [image: Flag-Rainbow_USA.gif Next American Flag? image by mexmax2] > > " > *There is no sugar-coating the loss of so many of our straight allies in > Congress, but we can be proud > > that our community continues to expand its voice at all > levels of government in America,” > said Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Victory Fund. > > “Out public officials are having a sizable impact on the local, state and > national debates about LGBT > equality. Increasing their numbers is a vital part of along-term strategy to > change America’s > politics and make our country freer and fairer for everyone. > > "We will continue to focus on training committed, qualified candidates, and > we will work hard to get > them elected to public office.” > *Record 106 gay candidates elected in 2010 - what are your comments?* *Greg > Dempsey > **http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SECULARHUMANIST*<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SECULARHUMANIST> > *Voice of the People* > > *=====* > Record 106 gay candidates elected in > 2010<http://www.dallasvoice.com/record-106-gay-candidates-elected-2010-105...> > *Posted on 03 Nov 2010 at 9:59am* > > *At least 106 of the group’s record-breaking 164 endorsed candidates were > winners as of Wednesday morning, the Victory Fund said.* > > *Perhaps the most pleasant surprise came in Lexington, Kentucky, where > openly gay construction company executive Jim Gray won election as mayor. > The Lexington Herald-Leader reported the news shortly after the polls closed > at 6 p.m. Gray has been serving as the city’s vice mayor and defeated > incumbent mayor Jim Newberry.* > > *The paper said the campaign has been one of the most expensive in the > city’s history and only the second time a sitting mayor has been defeated. > The ballot in Lexington does not indicate party affiliation. According to > results published by the Herald-Leader, Gray won with 53 percent of the > vote, to Mayor Jim Newberry’s 46 percent. The Herald-Leader noted that Gray > lost a bid for mayor in 2002, when his sexual orientation was not public. > Gray came out before running successfully for an at-large seat on the Urban > County Council.* > > *In another southern state, North Carolina, openly gay candidate Marcus > Brandon of High Point won his first-time run for state representative and, > in doing so, becomes the state’s first openly gay legislator. According to > the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, Brandon also becomes only the fifth openly > gay African-American elected to a state legislature anywhere in the country. > As of 10:30 Tuesday night, three hours after polls closed, the state Board > of Elections showed Brandon with 70 percent of the vote, compared to > Republican Lonnie Wilson. The race was to represent North Carolina’s > District 60, which encompasses Guilford County in the middle of the state. > Brandon told the News-Record newspaper of Greensboro that his sexual > orientation was not a secret but that “This is not something I wanted to > take over my campaign.”* > > *“Nobody in a year-and-a-half ever asked me about my sexuality,” Brandon > said, in an Oct. 15 blog by an editorial writer in which the paper noted his > race was one of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund’s “Ten Races to Watch” this > year.* > > *U.S. Rep. Barney Frank won re-election to a 16th term as Massachusetts > congressman from the 4th District. Frank won against an aggressive > Republican challenger, Sean Bielat, who had a surge of out-of-state funding > in the final days of the campaign to fuel a flood of campaign literature and > robo-calls. While Frank’s re-election was considered predictable, the margin > of victory represents a significant drop in support for Frank. Frank > garnered only 54 percent of the vote Tuesday, dropping well below his > previous lowest re-election take of 68 percent in 2008. The returns almost > guarantee an even tougher re-match against Bielat in 2012.* > > *U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) won re-election to a seventh term with 62 > percent of the vote, down just a few points from her previous re-election > margin. U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) won a second term with 56 percent of > the vote.* > > *Providence, Rhode Island’s openly gay mayor, David Cicilline, won his bid > to represent the 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House. The win will > make him the fourth openly gay member of the Congress. With all precincts > counted, Cicilline had secured 50.6 percent of the vote, compared to > Republican John Loughlin’s 44.5 percent, and 4.9 percent for two other > candidates.* > > *In Connecticut, openly gay health care advocate Kevin Lembo appears to have > won his race for the state comptroller’s seat, taking 52 percent of the vote > to Republican * > > *Jack Orchulli’s 44 percent. The win makes Lembo the only openly gay > candidates to win a statewide race Tuesday night.* > > *Laurie Jinkins has won her bid to the Washington State House, and becomes > its first openly lesbian state lawmaker.* > > *And Victoria Kolakowski appears to have won election as a judge on the > Superior Court of Alameda County, California, becoming the first transgender > trial court judge in the country.* > > *But there were losses, too.* > > *Two openly gay candidates lost their bids for seats in the U.S. House. > Democrat Ed Potosnak, a teacher and businessman, lost his bid to unseat > Republican incumbent Leonard Lance in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional > district. Potosnak had been given very little chance of winning in his first > run, but still pulled in 40 percent of the vote. And Steve Poughnet, the > openly gay mayor of Palm Springs, Calif., garnered 40 percent in his first > run for Congress against incumbent Republican Mary Bono Mack.* > > *Two openly gay candidates for lieutenant governor lost as the head of their > tickets fell to defeat. Steve Howard lost as the number two person on the > Democratic ticket in Vermont. And Richard Tisei lost as part of the > Republican ticket in Massachusetts, where incumbent Democratic governor > Deval Patrick won re-election with 49 percent of the race, against > Republican Charlie Baker’s 42 percent, and Independent Tim Cahill’s 8.* > > *And openly gay Republican Ken Rosen appears to have lost his bid to > represent Michigan’s 26th District in the state house. 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