West Virginia governor’s race is a battle of who can be the most anti-trans
The final weeks of the gubernatorial contest have featured a series of one-upmanship ads about who will be the most anti-trans governor.
May 7, 2024
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primary elections
Kansas Democratic lawmaker who voted against transgender people loses primary election
Attacking the rights of transgender Americans doesn’t appear to be a winning strategy.
August 8, 2024
As the election begins today will it be Biden, Trump or none-of-the above?
The Iowa caucus traditionally starts the presidential election in what might be the most nontraditional primary and general election of our lifetimes.
January 15, 2024
Maine Disqualifies Donald Trump From 2024 Primary Ballot
The decision makes Maine the second state to disqualify Trump from office, after the Colorado Supreme Court handed down its own stunning ruling that removed him from the ballot earlier this month.
December 28, 2023
California parents oust school board members who enacted anti-LGBTQ+ policy
Two members of the Orange Unified School District board have been removed by parents who opposed a policy requiring school staff to out transgender kids.
March 18, 2024
Donald Trump endorses pastor who calls for LGBTQ+ executions
On Monday, former President Donald Trump endorsed Mark Burns for South Carolina's Third Congressional District. The pastor has previously called for the execution of LGBTQ "indoctrinators."
April 4, 2024
Mixed Results for LGBTQ+ Pols in Pennsylvania Primary — Plus a First
State Reps. Malcolm Kenyatta and Brian Sims didn't win bids for higher office, but Kenyatta will stay in the legislature and may be joined by the state's first nonbinary lawmaker.
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May 18, 2022
Trans Candidate Wins Nevada Primary -- For Which Party?
Trans woman and Air Force veteran Lauren Scott hopes to become the first out transgender member of any state legislature.
June 13, 2014
Weeks after primary election, gay candidate Evan Low advances to general for California congressional seat
The final vote count shows Low in a tie for second with Joe Simitian, so both will be on the general election ballot, along with Sam Liccardo. The primary was held March 5.
April 6, 2024
Republican Candidate Supports Stoning Gays to Death
Scott Esk is running in today's Oklahoma primary runoff election for a state house seat.
August 23, 2022
Texas's first LGBTQ+ state senator, Molly Cook, wins primary for full term
Cook had won a special election to finish the term of a senator who resigned, but now she's won a primary runoff that will likely keep her representing her heavily Democratic district.
May 31, 2024
Emily Randall poised to be first queer Latina in Congress after Washington primary win
She emerged victorious after Tuesday’s jungle primary in Washington.
August 8, 2024
Donald Trump endorses Mark Robinson, who said gays are ‘filth’ and ‘maggots,’ for N.C. governor
The former president said Sunday that the virulently anti-LGBTQ+ candidate is "Martin Luther King on steroids” and "better than Martin Luther King."
March 4, 2024
Is Homophobia Still Prevalent in Politics?
What was a potent weapon in the days of Anita Bryant is now losing its cool in today's generation of progressives.
April 2, 2020
New York Republican Senator Appears to Lose Primary Election
Senator Roy McDonald, one of four Republicans to back the marriage equality bill, trailed challenger Kathy Marchione by more votes than remained to be counted.
September 25, 2012
Queer Democrat Emily Randall ‘excited’ about Washington congressional primary victory
Randall discussed her recent primary election victory in an interview with The Advocate.
August 12, 2024
Candidate Who Blamed Gays for Disasters Wins Ill. Primary
Republican Susanne Atanus, who said 'God is angry' at gays, pulls off a primary win but faces a popular Democratic incumbent in the general election.
March 19, 2014
Minnesota Republican wins, other gay candidates fail in Tuesday primaries
While Minnesota GOP state senator Paul Koering (pictured), who came out as gay since his last election, beat back a primary challenge from an antigay opponent, and same-sex marriage advocate Eliot Spitzer decisively won New York's Democratic gubernatorial nomination, other gay and gay-friendly candidates lost in their primary battles Tuesday.
September 13, 2006
Pete Buttigieg and Dana Nessel, out gay and lesbian politicians, lead in early Senate poll
Out gay former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and out lesbian Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel are Michigan's leading candidates in an early U.S. Senate primary poll.
February 10, 2025
Who is Scott Presler? The gay conservative even the RNC won't employ
Several scandals have followed Scott Presler throughout his career, including his support of debunked conspiracy theories such as QAnon and 2020 election denial.
December 13, 2024