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Chris Pappas picks up Shea-Porter’s House seat
Chris Pappas is New Hampshire’s first openly gay congressman, defeating Republican Eddie Edwards for 1st district house seat.
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ND Republican who sought endorsement of anti-LGBTQ group is headed to the Senate
Kevin Cramer was happy to win the endorsement of a virulently anti-LGBTQ fringe group.
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A religious right poster boy wins Missouri’s U.S. Senate race
Josh Hawley took money from an anti-gay group and was prepared to appear with an anti-LGBTQ Christian historian. Now he’ll be a Senator.
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Hanging around with neo-Nazis isn’t enough for Steve King to lose re-election
Despite losing corporate sponsors, King will be free to keep promoting his white supremacist and anti-LGBTQ beliefs for another term in Congress.
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Kate Brown, nation’s first bisexual governor, wins re-election in Oregon
This will be Brown’s third term, and her second successful campaign for Governor.
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Andrew Gillum loses his bid to become Florida governor to a mini-Trump
Instead of electing their first black governor, Florida voters chose an anti-LGBTQ Republican who embraced Trumpism.
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Kansas elects Native American lesbian Sharice Davids to Congress
The district has not elected a Democratic congressperson in a decade. There has never been a Native American woman in Congress. Until now.
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Texas voters give Ted Cruz six more years to make us miserable
Pro-LGBTQ Democrat Beto O’Rourke made the race a lot closer than it should have been, but not enough to force Cruz out of the Senate.
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Out transgender candidate Christine Hallquist loses Vermont governor’s race
Christine Hallquist, a transgender candidate for the Governorship of Vermont, lost her bid against incumbent Phill Scott.
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Massachusetts voters reject right wing attempt to strip trans people of civil rights
It is the first statewide win in support of transgender rights.