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LGBT Election Updates

GOP keeps Senate control as Democrats fall short

Democrats had been nearly certain of retaking control but saw their hopes fizzle quickly as Republicans swept the board in last night's elections.

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Under pressure, HRC revokes endorsement of repeatedly racist Sen. Mark Kirk

Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin called it an "unprecedented step -- a first in our 36-year history."

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Human Rights Campaign stands by Republican Mark Kirk despite racist remark

UPDATE: The Human Rights Campaign has now revoked its endorsement of Sen. Mark Kirk.

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Republican Mark Kirk moves left in attempt to keep Senate seat

The Republican senator from Illinois is doing his best not to look like an anti-LGBT, pro-gun Republican as he seeks re-election.

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Michelangelo Signorile: The Human Rights Campaign is helping the GOP retain the Senate

"If HRC is not answerable to LGBT people, exactly to whom and what is it answerable?"

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More than 300 Republican lawmakers sign brief supporting same-sex marriage

Among the signatories are 23 current and former GOP members of the U.S. House and Senate and seven current and former Governors.

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Sandy Rios claims Mark Kirk is a ‘closet homosexual’ out to ruin the GOP

On her radio program Wednesday, American Family Association government affairs director Sandy Rios fumed over Thad Cochran’s victory over Chris McDaniel in Mississippi’s runoff primary election, which she blamed on ...…

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Ill. GOP chair who supports marriage equality steps down

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois GOP Chairman Pat Brady resigned Tuesday, citing his wife's battle with cancer and his desire to focus on family after six tough years in Republican politics.

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Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois says he supports same-sex marriage

CHICAGO -- GOP Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois said Tuesday he supports same-sex marriage, becoming the second sitting Republican senator to make such an announcement in recent weeks.

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Nine U.S. senators to Harkin: Time to move on ENDA

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of nine senators is backing the idea of having the Senate panel with jurisdiction over the Employment Non-Discrimination Act advance the legislation to the floor by a committee vote.

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