Five LGBTQ Stories You Should Know About

1. 100% of Victory Fund-Endorsed Candidates WON their races!

Every single Victory Fund-endorsed candidate won their primary on August 9th! Candidates were on the ballot in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin. Click here to see the full list of winners from the primaries!

Game Changer candidate Erick Russell won his primary for Connecticut state Treasurer and is on track to become the first Black out LGBTQ candidate elected to any statewide office in U.S. history. He won with an overwhelming majority against his opponents. Russell thanked voters for choosing him in the primaries and emphasized the importance of representation.

Another Game Changer candidate, Becca Balint, won her primary for the U.S. Congress! Balint is set to become the first woman and first LGBTQ member of Congress from Vermont when she wins in November. She is gearing up to fight anti-LGBTQ legislators and to protect our democracy against the rise of authoritarianism.

Senior Director of Outreach and Engagement Marty Rouse traveled up to the Green Mountain state to assist Becca, Game Changer candidate Mike Pieciak, running for Vermont state Treasurer, and more Vermont candidates with GOTV in the final days of their campaigns!

 

2. History in the Making: Minnesota’s Future LGBTQ Leaders

We have so many primary winners so far this election season, but two Spotlight candidates Leigh Finke and Erin Maye Quade stole the limelight on primary night.

Leigh Finke is even closer to becoming the first out trans person elected to the Minnesota’s state legislature! Leigh emphasized creating “elbow room” at the tables of power, emphasizing our community’s place at the legislative table.



Earlier this year, Erin Maye Quade made headlines when she went into labor during her convention speech. Now, she is one step closer to becoming one of the first Black women and one of the first out LGBTQ women ever elected to the Minnesota state Senate!



Political Manager Michelle Atwood flew to Minnesota for GOTV with Leigh and Erin before their primary wins – Leigh and her team knocked over 600 doors! Michelle also represented Victory Fund at an exciting event organized by state Sen. Scott Dibble to celebrate the 11 out LGBTQ state legislative candidates running in Minnesota this year.

3. Homophobic Mailer Targets Game Changer Candidate Eric Sorensen

 

This week, Game Changer candidate for the U.S. Congress Eric Sorensen faced homophobic attacks against his opponent via mail sent out to voters. The ad pushes the harmful anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that has been increasing within the right-wing. To learn more about Eric Sorensen and his platform, click here!

4. Dana Nessel Takes No Chances Against Big Lie Opponent

Game Changer candidate Dana Nessel is going head-to-head with a Big Lie-supporting opponent in the race for Michigan Attorney General this fall. Nessel’s opponent, Matt DePerno, has spread many baseless lies about the 2020 election, but allegedly took part in a conspiracy to illegally gain access from voting machines, damaging some machines in the process throughout numerous counties in the state. A special prosecutor is being asked to step in to investigate these claims that were made before DePerno won the nomination and to avoid conflicting interests on Nessel’s part.

5. Looking Ahead: Upcoming August Primaries!

There are still a few primaries left with LGBTQ candidates on the ballot! Click on each state below to see LGBTQ candidates that need your support…

Hawaii: August 13, with Game Changer candidate Patrick Branco
Alaska: August 16
Wyoming: August 16
Florida: August 23, with Spotlight candidates Eunic Ortiz & Janelle Perez
New York: August 23, with Game Changer candidates Mondaire Jones, Sean Patrick Maloney, Ritchie Torres & Robert Zimmerman
Guam: August 27, with Game Changer candidate Joshua Tenorio

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LGBTQ Victory Fund is the political arm of the LGBTQ community. Since our founding in 1991, we’ve supported and elected LGBTQ candidates like U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, Governors Jared Polis and Kate Brown and all nine LGBTQ members of U.S. Congress. We've boosted out candidates running for state and local government, including California Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins, Florida Senator Shevrin Jones, Virginia Delegate Danica Roem, Colorado state Representative Leslie Herod, Pennsylvania state Representative Brian Sims, Hawaii state Representative Adrian Tam, Oklahoma Representative Mauree Turner, and so many more (meet all of our current candidates here)! We’ve shattered rainbow ceilings in all 50 states and broken election year records. You can power our work and the next Rainbow Wave with a donation today!

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