QUEERING CONGRESS

With just over one week to Election Day, Georgette Gómez is in a tight race for California’s 53rd Congressional District. Learn about Georgette’s history-making campaign and why her lived experiences will make her an incredible Congresswoman.

As voters continue mailing in their ballots or make plans to head to the polls, The News Tribune gives an update on Beth Doglio’s race for Washington’s 10th Congressional District.

Fred Upton doesn’t want you to watch Jon Hoadley’s latest video: Watch this voter explain why she’s voting for Jon in Michigan’s 6th Congressional District.

After coming up short in her 2018 Congressional race in New York, Tracy Mitrano wanted to make sure she learned from defeat. So she hit the road and lived in Chautauqua County for three months. Hear Tracy’s takeaways!

Now that U.S. Congresswoman Angie Craig’s election is back on November 3rd, she and her team are hitting the campaign trail hard. Read the latest from Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District.

With the clock ticking until Election Day, Pat Hackett is busy holding U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Walorski accountable in Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District.

MORE ANTI-LGBTQ ATTACKS

Homophobic and transphobic attacks are on the rise – and the closer we get to Election Day, the worse the attacks become. Learn about the many anti-LGBTQ attacks our candidates have faced and why it matters, via NBC News.

The NRCC continues to launch transphobic attacks against Gina Ortiz Jones in Texas’s 23rd Congressional District, twisting her support for trans service members.

On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Chris Pappas faced down a homophobic dog whistle from his opponent during a critical debate. Pappas represents New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District.

After attempts to update outdated and homophobic legislation, California state Senator Scott Weiner faced death threats from QAnon. In his latest op-ed in The New York Times, he explains why he was the perfect target for internet trolls.

LGBTQ candidate for North Carolina commissioner of agriculture, Jenna Wadsworth, also faced a barrage of death threats and attacks from QAnon supporters. Read her response to the attacks and her plans to win this November.

Just after giving birth, Palm Springs City Councilmember Christy Holstege received biphobic and misogynistic Facebook messages questioning the validity of her sexuality. Equality California and Desert Stonewall Democrats joined LGBTQ Victory Fund in responding.

RAINBOW WAVE

Need a quick update on the 2020 Rainbow Wave? Watch our Political team give an Election Day preview and discuss the LGBTQ Victory Fund candidates on the ballot this November.

Another big endorsement for Bryce Bennett in the race for Montana Secretary of State: the Billings Gazette is standing with him!

Victory Fund President & CEO Mayor Annise Parker joined Tennessee’s Local24News to discuss Brandon Thomas’s and Torrey Harris’s historic campaigns for the state house. Watch here!

Mayor Parker also joined Gay USA to give an update on some key races for 2020 – the answers may surprise you! Watch the segment here.

Stephanie Byers is about to make history as the first openly trans person elected to the Kansas state legislature. An award winning educator, she ran to give her students a voice in state government.

The Miami Herald issued their 2020 state legislative endorsements, and we’re so excited to see Shevrin Jones for state Senate and Ricky Junquera for the State House on the list!

CANDIDATE SPOTLIGHT

Jessica Katzenmeyer is in a neck-and-neck race to make history on November 3! Thank you to all the amazing LGBTQ candidates and elected officials who showed her their support this week. Read messages from JoCasta Zamarripa, Brian Sims, Danica Roem, Lee Snodgrass, and Alex Lasry.

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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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