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Gay Candidates Make Primary Election Gains


KevinLembox390 (Lembo Campaign) | Advocate.com

Openly gay and lesbian candidates backed by the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund scored primary election day wins in Colorado, Connecticut, and Georgia on Tuesday.

According to the Victory Fund’s blog, GayPolitics.com, winners include Kevin Lembo, who won the Democratic primary for state comptroller in Connecticut. He appears poised to win the general election, and become one of few openly LGBT candidates to win statewide office.

In Colorado, the Victory Fund reports that state senator Lucia Guzman, an ordained minister and lesbian, won her primary and looks on track to keep the seat to which she was recently appointed. And Joan Garner, a lesbian African-American, won her race for a seat on the Fulton County Commission in Atlanta, where she faces no opposition in November and will become the commission’s first openly gay member.

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Reader Comments
  • Name: Mark
    Date posted: 8/11/2010 12:32:59 PM
    Hometown: Omaha

    Comment:

    The best news regarding the latest round of LGBT candidates is that the candidates' sexual orientation for the most part doesn't seem to be an issue. Only when the opposition is desperate does the "gay" or "lesbian" label attack seem to surface. That points to a greater maturity in the electoral process. I'm hopeful that someday soon, we can stop talking about the "gay" or "lesbian" candidate, and focus on which candidate is the right one for the job - basing our votes on who we think best represents us, not on what their sexual orientation is. Congrats to the candidates who advanced!



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