VICTORY IN NEW YORK

Counting ballots during ranked choice voting is time-consuming. Apparently it’s taking longer than a New York minute for our candidates in the New York City primaries to receive their results!

But there is good news from the state: Kim Smith won her race for the Rochester City Council. She’s one step closer to making history as the first out queer Black woman to serve on the Council!

Sarah Salem won their primary in their reelection campaign for the Poughkeepsie Common Council, earning their place on the November ballot!

GAME CHANGING CAMPAIGNS

Michele Rayner is busy announcing key endorsements in her race for Florida’s 13th Congressional District: the Equality PAC and Congressmembers David Cicilline and Mark Takano are both standing with her! Michele will be the first out person elected to the U.S. Congress from Florida!

Heather Mizeur is running against an incumbent who denied President Biden’s 2020 election win – and who’s district might just get rewritten during redistricting. Read up on Maryland’s redistricting efforts and how they benefit Heather’s campaign to flip Congressional District 1.  

Daniel Hernández spoke to Roll Call about the horrific event that cemented his commitment to politics, his unyielding desire to help those around him and his current campaign for Arizona’s 2^nd Congressional District. Read the full interview here!

Brian Sims, currently running for Pennsylvania Lt. Governor, is QueerForty’s July cover star! Learn more about making history in the Pennsylvania House and his current race to become one of the first out LGBTQ leaders elected to statewide office in Pennsylvania..

Congratulations to Angie Craig, who is celebrating becoming a first-time grandmother! Congratulations, Rep. Craig!

LGBTQ NEWS TO WATCH

“My election represents a distinctive type of breakthrough”: out leaders Mondaire Jones, Ritchie Torres, Stephanie Byers and Kim Jackson spoke to CNBC about their historic victories and governing as an out elected official.

Spotlight candidate Tyler Titus, our candidate for the Erie (PA) County Executive, testified at the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee Hearing about life for trans people in Pennsylvania. You can watch Tyler’s full testimony here!

CANDIDATE SPOTLIGHT

UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPURTUNITIES

Nashville, we’re back on the road and ready to celebrate LGBTQ political power in Music City! Join us to honor the historic advances made in 2020, Nashville’s first LGBTQ Caucus on the Davidson County Metropolitan Council and give a toast to ensuring more out leaders are elected in 2021 and beyond! Mark your calendars for Thursday, October 7, 2021, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm CT and register here.

LGBTQ Victory Fund is coming BACK to San Diego! Join us for our San Diego Brunch, Sunday, October 17, 2021, 11:00 am PT. More information to come!

For the last 30 years, Victory Fund has powered rainbow wave after rainbow wave, electing LGBTQ candidates up and down the ballot who have gone on to make huge changes in their community. Come celebrate LGBTQ political power and raise a glass to progress at Victory Fund’s 30th Anniversary Gala, Saturday, December 4, 2021 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET!

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