Kyrsten Sinema

While the DNC is touting “More LGBTQ Federal Democratic Nominees than Ever Before,” LGBTQ Nation takes a look at the headliners. 

And she’s a winner.

From Gabriel Acevero to Lupe Valdez, we’ve got a list.

The nation’s only bisexual Congresswoman is ready to challenge Jeff Flake for his seat in the Senate.

With fears over a Trump administration that could roll back LGBTQ rights, this comes as particularly good news.

“Paul thinks only of himself and his political career at the expense of others. As his siblings, Lucy and I know firsthand how unfit he is to serve.”

Massachusetts became the first state to elect an openly gay attorney general, while the gay candidate in Maine’s gubernatorial race narrowly lost his chance to make history. Nationally, gay-rights activists worried that conservative gains in Congress would hamper their bid for federal anti-bias legislation.

PHOENIX — Rep. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona secured another term in the House of Representatives Tuesday, defeating her challenger in the race to represent the state’s 9th Congressional district.

WASHINGTON — As Congress continues to wrestle with a bitter partisan divide that has crippled its ability to set a budget, keep the federal government open, and enable the nation to pay its bills, a few openly LGBT members of the U.S. House have surprised many by occasionally voting with Republicans.

The Nov. 6 election resulted in four new lesbian, gay and bisexual candidates winning seats in the House of Representatives and all eyes are now on them to see what they’ll do on LGBT issues upon taking office.