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Out Gay Lawmaker Elected Minority Leader of Colorado House

Fri, Nov 18th 2011, 14:51

Out gay Colorado State Representative Mark Ferrandino has been elected to the position of House Minority Leader, the Victory Fund reports, adding that "he could become House Speaker if the chamber flips back to Democratic control next year." 

http://www.towleroad.com/2011/11/out-gay-lawmaker-elected-minority-leader-of-colorado-house.html


ELECTION ROUNDUP: Va. elects first openly gay senator

Thu, Nov 17th 2011, 12:25

Democrat Adam Ebbin, a gay man who has served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2004, won election on Tuesday to the Virginia Senate, becoming the state's first openly gay senator. 

 

In a separate race, gay Republican Patrick Forrest lost his bid to unseat Virginia State Sen. Janet Howell (D-Reston), a longtime supporter of LGBT rights. Forrest, who had been endorsed by the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, was vying to become the first openly LGBT Republican to win election to a state legislature 

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/11/08/va-elects-first-openly-gay-state-senator/


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