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Victory Fund Touts Historic Ohio Win

Victory Fund Touts Historic Ohio Win

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The Victory Fund is basking in Nickie Antonio's history-making primary win earlier this month, which set her on a course to become Ohio's first openly gay lawmaker in the state's 207-year history.

Aided by the Victory Fund, which works to elect LGBT candidates to political office, the Lakewood city councilwoman won the May 4 Democratic primary for the 13th district nomination for the Ohio state house of representatives. There are no Republican contenders, and an independent candidate quit the race last week, so Antonio is all but guaranteed to win the general election in November.

"We're looking forward to finally adding Ohio to the list of states where our community has a voice in state government," Victory Fund president and CEO Chuck Wolfe wrote in a press release. "The most dynamic and important fights for our rights are happening in state legislatures, so it's vital to have people like Nickie at the table of power."

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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
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