Clay Aiken

The race among candidates to rack up endorsements from famous LGBTQ people says more about our influence on Democrats than celebrities’ influence on us.

That’s one way to get attention.

Trump convinced a large swath of the country that he was a strong, decisive leader with “The Art of the Deal” and “The Apprentice,” but both prove the exact opposite.

In a segment for The View, Clay Aiken and Raven-Symoné spoke to supporters, opposers, and transgender individuals living in North Carolina about the bathroom bill.

“He is certainly the front-runner with no signs of that fading.”

RALEIGH, N.C. – U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers has won re-election to a third term representing North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District.

The incumbent Republican from Dunn defeated her Democratic opponent, singer and former reality-show star Clay Aiken of Cary. According to returns tabulated by The Associated Press, Ellmers was leading Aiken with more than 56 percent of the vote.

This year’s election night is likely to be an important one for the LGBT history books: Voters in Massachusetts are expected to elect the nation’s first-ever openly gay state attorney general, and voters in Maine could very well elect the nation’s first-ever openly gay governor. Two candidates for Congress could well become the first openly gay Republican elected …

RALEIGH, N.C. — Congressional candidate Clay Aiken says voters in North Carolina are getting a different look at him from his “American Idol” background.

RALEIGH, N.C. — “American Idol” singer Clay Aiken won what had been a hotly contested Democratic primary for a North Carolina congressional seat according to a final, unofficial vote count that was posted Tuesday, a day after the accidental death of his closest rival.

ASHEBORO, N.C. — A North Carolina textile entrepreneur locked in a too-close-to-call Democratic Party primary with former “American Idol” singer Clay Aiken has died.