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BREAKING FROM MICHIGAN
Tragic news from Michigan's 2nd Congressional District, where U.S. Congresswoman Angie Craig is running for reelection: one of her opponents, Adam Weeks, passed away this week [[link removed]] .
As voters have already cast ballots in the race, this will trigger state laws delaying the November election [[link removed]] , and a special election will be held in February. Rep. Craig will briefly vacate her seat before the special election [[link removed]] .
LATEST ENDORSEMENTS
We just released our final slate for the 2020 cycle! We endorsed 387 LGBTQ candidates this election cycle – more than at any time in our 29-year history [[link removed]] .
One of our newest Spotlight candidates, Jared Nieuwenhuis , celebrated his endorsement [[link removed]] and announced he’s tied in the latest polls [[link removed]] ! When he flips this seat, he will be the first openly gay person elected to the South Dakota state legislature.
Spotlight candidate Louise Snodgrass is running to make LGBTQ history as the first genderqueer state legislator in South Dakota. She spoke with the ACLU of South Dakota about her race and the need for queer representation. You can listen here [[link removed]] !
Want to learn more about Spotlight candidate David Ortiz’s campaign for the Colorado state House? You can watch his first campaign video here [[link removed]] . He also announced an endorsement from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth [[link removed]] !
Spotlight candidate Jody LaMacchia joined the League of Women Voters to discuss her historic campaign to be the first openly LGBTQ woman elected to the Michigan state legislature [[link removed]] . Her opponent didn’t bother to show up.
We also endorsed three LGBTQ candidates for DC government: Allister Chang for the DC State Board of Education, Randy Downs for D.C. Council Ward 2 and Alex Pardo for an At-Large seat [[link removed]] !
THIS WEEK IN HOMOPHOBIA
Fred Upton Watch: he still has not condemned his supporters calling Jon Hoadley a “pedo sex poet.” [[link removed]] Undeterred by Upton’s lies, Jon’s campaign issued his third campaign ad [[link removed]] !
Illinois state Rep. Amy Grant made a series of homophobic and racist statements against Victory Fund candidate Ken Mejia-Beal . You can read the full remarks here [[link removed]] .
Grant openly mocks Ken, saying he’ll be just “another person in the Black Caucus” and “because of the way he talks,” which is “all LGBTQ.” [[link removed]]
In his statement, Ken reminded his future constituents that bigotry has no place in politics. [[link removed]]
THIS WEEK’S VIEWS
Senior Political Director Sean Meloy spoke with frontline incumbents about their reelection campaigns this week. Hear Oklahoma state Senator Allison Ikley-Freeman, California state Senator Scott Wiener and Texas state Representative Erin Zwiener discuss life on the campaign trail, dealing with homophobic attacks and more [[link removed]] !
CANDIDATE SPOTLIGHT
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LGBTQ Victory Fund has helped thousands of openly LGBTQ candidates win elections up and down the ballot, from sea to shining sea since our founding in 1991. We believe representation is power so we elected U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and Kyrsten Sinema, Governors Jared Polis and Kate Brown, all seven LGBTQ members of U.S. Congress and countless candidates for state and local government, including Virginia Delegate Danica Roem, Colorado state Representative Leslie Herod and Pennsylvania Assemblymember Brian Sims. And with an unprecedented number of LGBTQ people running for office in this year, we’ll need your support to make 2020 the next Rainbow Wave.
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