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The Republican candidate for North Carolina governor also expressed support for reinstating slavery on message boards from the adult website "Nude Africa."
Robinson, the first Black lieutenant governor of North Carolina, has a history of extreme rhetoric that's put him at odds even with members of his own party.
Among gubernatorial races was the possibility the country might elect its first-ever openly gay governor, but he lost a close contest.
Kotek and Maura Healey of Massachusetts will be the nation's first out lesbian governors.
The margin is narrow, but Andy Beshear appears to have beaten Republican Matt Bevin, who'd been an ally to antigay county clerk Kim Davis.
Landry, currently the state's attorney general, has opposed LGBTQ+ rights even though he has a gay brother, and he pushed for Louisiana's ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.
Youngkin delivered a somewhat surprising defeat to Democrat Terry McAuliffe, who called Youngkin the "most homophobic" candidate ever in Virginia.
Wes Moore is only the third Black governor in the United States.
Kelly beat virulent homophobe Kris Kobach in the governor's race, and one of her first moves will be to help protect LGBTQ people.
Democrats also won the races for lieutenant governor and attorney general.
After weeks of a hotly contested recount that delayed results of the 2016 election, newly elected Democrat Roy Cooper thinks it's time for a fresh start.
State Sen. Bill Eigel said he didn't burn books but instead empty boxes in a recent video, however.
Polis easily won election as governor of Colorado.
Brown and newly-elected Jared Polis are the country's only LGBTQ governors.
The out congressman from Colorado is vying to be the first gay man elected governor of any state.
In November, Polis could become the first out gay man elected governor of any U.S. state.
Governor-elect John Bel Edwards promises to protect LGBT state workers and government contractors from discrimination.
But Mississippi fails to elect an LGBT candidate to statewide office, and a supporter of Kim Davis wins the governor's race in Kentucky.
He says that any threats to LGBTQ+ rights in the state of Maryland will have to go through him first once he is elected governor.
Massachusetts governor-elect Deval Patrick urged legislators on Tuesday not to vote on a constitutional amendment meant to ban same-sex marriage.
Valdez would have been the first out lesbian to be elected governor of any state, but she lost to homophobic incumbent Greg Abbott.
