RAINBOW WAVE 2020!

We’re three days past Election Day 2020 and one thing is clear: the Rainbow Wave is back! As of Friday morning, 189 LGBTQ candidates have won their races, with 50 still undecided. You can also read about it from them.!

The Advocate is also tracking historic firsts as results roll in. Learn about some of the LGBTQ candidates that shattered lavenders ceiling here! Or, you can check out NewNowNext’s growing list of victories here.

And the wins were not contained to so-called safe blue states, but spanned the country. LGBTQ candidates made huge gains in both red and blue states.

QUEEREST CONGRESS EVER

It’s official: we have elected the most diverse LGBTQ group of members of Congress ever! And all seven of our incumbents were reelected.

Both Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres won their races in New York, and will both be the first Black openly LGBTQ members of Congress. Ritchie also makes history as the first openly LGBTQ Afro-Latinx person elected to Congress.

Mondaire celebrated by thanking supporters and sharing this amazing clip from The Daily Show!

In Minnesota, U.S. Congresswoman Angie Craig defeated her opponent – and the bizarre plot hatched to defeat her.

NEW TRANS VOICES ELECTED

Another exciting piece of news: the number of trans lawmakers nearly doubled this week. Each of them made trans history in their state!

Sarah McBride also shattered a huge rainbow ceiling at the national level: she is the first openly LGBTQ state senator ever elected in U.S. history.

Stephanie Byers made history as Kansas’s first openly trans state legislator. She’s also the first openly trans person of color to serve in a state legislature in the U.S!

In Vermont, Taylor Small will take hear seat as the first openly trans person to serve in the Vermont state legislature.

Colorado state Representative Brianna Titone faced a wave of baseless transphobic attacks – and pulled off a big win anyways on Election Day.

RAINBOW LEGISLATORS

Two big historic firsts from Florida: Shevrin Jones and Michele Rayner WON their races! Shevrin makes history as the first openly LGBTQ state Senator in Florida, while Michele claims the title of first openly LGBTQ woman to serve in the Florida state House.

In Georgia, Kim Jackson will officially take her place in the state Senate! She is the first openly LGBTQ person to win a seat in the body.

Daneya Esgar won her reelection campaign for the Colorado state House AND is the new Majority Leader!

Representative-elect Ann Johnson flipped Texas House District 134 and will now join the growing number of LGBTQ voices in the Texas legislature!

Torrey Harris and Eddie Mannis both made history as the first openly LGBTQ people elected to the Tennessee legislature! Torrey spoke with News 3 about his groundbreaking victory.

Adrian Tam will restore LGBTQ representation to the Hawaii state House – and beat Proud Boy Nick Ochs to do it!

Mauree Turner won her race for the Oklahoma state House, becoming the first non-binary state legislator in America!

MESSAGES OF VICTORY

VICTORY IN SAN DIEGO: Todd Gloria makes history as the first openly LGBTQ person and first person of color elected mayor of San Diego. He celebrated joining the growing list of LGBTQ mayors in this touching tweet.

U.S. Congressman Chris Pappas thanked supporters for sending him back to the Capitol. You can watch his full message here.

California state Senator Scott Wiener won his reelection campaign, despite months of anti-LGBTQ attacks and death threats from online trolls.

Pennsylvania state Representative Malcolm Kenyatta wished Jess Benham congratulations on her election to the PA state House!

New Mexico now has four openly LGBTQ state legislators. Congratulations to all of them!

Election Night 2020 also brought us two new openly LGBTQ sheriffs: Ohio’s Charmaine McGuffey and South Carolina’s Kristin Graziano both WON!

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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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