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Out former lawmaker Janelle Sarauw won her race to be the Delegate to the US House of Representatives from the US Virgin Islands in a landslide. The St. Thomas Source reports that she has won 75% of the votes so far. She will replace outgoing Delegate Stacey Plaskett, who ran for...
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Conservative media dug up some old, sexual photos that Chris Gallant posed for when he was young, but he refused to be shamed and even tried to turn the pictures into a chance to speak out for people who have digital pasts. The race is still close, but the New York Times has call...
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Out lawmaker Amanda Gonzalez has been projected to win the statewide race in Colorado. She said she hopes to build trust in elections in the position. Check out the latest about America votes in the 2026 Midterm Elections. Join us for 24 hour election coverage. on LGBTQNation.com...
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Veteran Chris Gallant, the gay Democrat who challenged incumbent Rep. Nick LaLota in New York's First Congressional District, is projected to lose the close race, 49% to 51%, with 90% of the votes counted, the New York Times reports. On social media, though, Gallant is not conced...
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Jefferson County, Colorado, Clerk Amanda Gonzalez is projected to win the race for state secretary of state. Gonzalez, who is bisexual, handily won the race with 60% of the vote to her Republican opponent's 37%, according to Colorado Public Radio. The position will put Gonzalez i...
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JoAnna Mendoza is the projected winner in Arizona's Sixth Congressional District, flipping the seat blue. The only time a Democrat won that seat was when it was first created in 1992, showing how powerful the blue wave is this year. Check out the latest about America votes in the...
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Out bisexual veteran JoAnna Mendoza is the projected winner of Arizona's Sixth Congressional District, The Hill reports, leading Republican incumbent Rep. Juan Ciscomani by 18.5% percentage points as 70% of the votes have been counted. "To be a leader means to do what’s right, ev...
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LGBTQ+ rights supporter and longtime politician Troy Jackson has defeated Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). His victory gave Democrats control of the Senate. Check out the latest about America votes in the 2026 Midterm Elections. Join us for 24 hour election coverage. on LGBTQNation.com...
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Marni von Wilpert, currently a San Diego City Council member, won her congressional race in California's 48th Congressional District, which is currently held by a Republican. Read our full article about her election victory here. Check out the latest about America votes in the 20...
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Out San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert (D) is projected to win the race for California's 48th Congressional District. She currently leads Republican Jim Desmond with 59.4% of the vote and 49% of the votes counted, according to the AP. Her victory flips the seat blue. ...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.State Rep. Leigh Finke, Minnesota’s first out transgender legislator and a leading advocate for protections for transgender patients, has won reelection to the Minnesota House.Finke, a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, def...
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Nebraska voters have approved of ballot Measure 442, the so-called "Fairness for Girls initiative, The Daily Nebraskan reported, with 67% of voters supporting the initiative as of midnight local time. The measure will write into the state constitution a 2025 law, sponsored by sta...
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Nebraska voters have approved of ballot Measure 442, the so-called "Fairness for Girls initiative, The Daily Nebraskan reported, with 67% of voters supporting the initiative as of midnight local time. The measure will write into the state constitution a 2025 law, sponsored by sta...
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For a sign of just how badly Republicans are doing tonight, look no further than the Mississippi Senate race. In a shocking development, there are currently just 28 votes separating incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith from Democratic challenger Scott Colom. Colom is in the lead...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Michigan voters have elected Abdul El-Sayed to the U.S. Senate, making him the first Muslim elected to the chamber after a campaign in which he defended transgender patients, challenged Republican attacks on their health care and wea...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Missouri voters have rejected an amendment that would have reversed reproductive rights protections they adopted in 2024 and placed restrictions on transgender minors’ medical care in the state constitution.The Associated Press calle...
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In an interview with The New York Times, President Trump said that he was willing to accept the results of tonight's election, after weeks of suggesting that he wouldn't. Trump said that he was "absolutely willing" to accept the results, which were a rebuke to his administration ...
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Many people didn’t trust the polls showing a strong Democratic lead in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. They had been burned before. They wanted to believe, but they didn’t want to be hurt again. And then the results started pouring in, showing huge blue gains and stunning red lo...
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In what was once an unthinkable result, Kansas voters have chosen Adam Hamilton to be their next Senator. Hamilton, a Methodist minister, easily defeated incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall in a race that should have been a breeze for Republicans. The last time Kansas elected a Democra...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Vermont Democratic Congresswoman Becca Balint successfully defended her seat for the state’s at-large congressional district, defeating Republican opponent Gerald Malloy and earning her third term in the U.S. House of Representatives...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Democratic state Rep. Ann Johnson, an openly lesbian lawmaker who has pushed to expand LGBTQ+ protections in Texas, has won reelection to the state House of Representatives, defeating Republican challenger Mike Michna.Johnson secured...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Arizona voters have strongly rejected a constitutional amendment that would have restricted DEI and sensitivity training in public education and government workplaces.Proposition 142, also known as the "Prohibit Race- or Ethnicity-Ba...
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Missouri voters have rejected Amendment 3, a ballot measure which sought to permanently ban gender-affirming care for youth in the state while also repealing a 2024 voter-approved abortion-rights amendment. Amendment 3 failed after getting only 44% of voter support. Read our full...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.It’s a blue wave in America, and there’s a rainbow too.Democrats surged into Republican territory Tuesday night, with LGBTQ+ candidates helping flip congressional seats, breaking barriers in Texas and securing another term for the na...
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The U.S. Senate has flipped to Democratic control. Democrats will control of the Senate after flipping the minimum four Republican-held seats, giving the party control of both chambers of Congress and a majority in the legislative branch, according to NBC. The Senate, the upper l...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Donald Trump has always been awful. And his followers have arguably always been worse.In 2015, when Trump mocked a reporter living with disabilities, it should have been enough to disqualify him from ever getting enough votes to even...
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The blue wave has finally reached shore. On Tuesday, and in the days leading up to it, Americans made their voices heard at the ballot box. Polls across the country had indicated a resounding victory for Democrats that has materialized tonight in the form of a majority in the U.S...
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Amy Acton has won Ohio's gubernatorial race, according to The Hill. She defeated her rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy. Acton upset transgender voters and allies by voicing support for her state’s anti-trans sports ban. She subsequently skipped a listening session tha...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Congressman Mark Takano has handily secured an eighth term in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating Republican Steve Manos, who ran a long-shot campaign against the incumbent in California’s Democratic-leaning 39th Congression...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.California voters have elected bisexual Democrat Marni von Wilpert to Congress, flipping a Republican-held seat for a civil rights attorney whose breast cancer diagnosis turned the debate over healthcare into a question about her own...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Tina Kotek has won a second term as Oregon’s governor, returning a supporter of LGBTQ+ rights and reproductive freedom to the state’s highest office.The Democrat defeated Republican nominee Christine Drazan, according to Decision Des...
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In a stunning victory for Democrats, James Talarico has easily defeated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the battle for Senate. Talarico was ahead of Paxton by more than a million votes when AP called the race. Republicans have controlled Texas for so long that Talarico seeme...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.California voters have reelected U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, returning an out gay immigrant and one of Democrats’ leading investigators to Congress as the party seeks greater power to scrutinize President Donald Trump’s administration.G...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Democratic Rep. Emily Randall, who made history in 2024 as the first openly LGBTQ+ Latina elected to Congress, has won reelection in Washington’s 6th Congressional District, securing a second term in the House of Representatives.Rand...
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In a stunning victory for Democrats, James Talarico has easily defeated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the battle for Senate, The Hill has reported. Talarico was ahead of Paxton by more than a million votes when Associated Press called the race. Talarico's win flips another...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.In a stunning upset, voters in deep red South Carolina chose Democrat Dr. Annie Andrews as their senator-elect Tuesday, unseating Republican Sen. Darline Graham, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham and the candidate hand-selec...
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The U.S. House of Representatives is projected to flip to Democratic control. According to the Associated Press, Democrats are moving toward control of the House after defeating six Republicans in key battleground races. While several major questions remain about how Democrats wi...
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This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra of The 19th. Meet Shefali and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy.James Talarico will be the first Democrat to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate since 1994, Decision Desk HQ projects — a stunning upset ...
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Out transgender Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D) won re-election after running unopposed in Montana’s 95th House District, according to Decision Desk HQ, which called her race at 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. In 2022, she made history as the first out trans person to be elect...
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Polls can't always be trusted, and vibes are just a gut feeling. Election night is when reality sets in, and the reality is that the blue tsunami that Republicans worried about is indeed happening. While key Senate races haven't been called yet, the odds are strong that Democrats...
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Democrat US Senate candidate Annie Andrews has defeated Republican Sen. Darline Graham, winning 50.9% of the vote compared to Graham's 47%. The victory brings the Democratic Party one seat closer to winning slim control of the upper congressional chamber. Graham was appointed to ...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey defeated Republican Mike Minogue to win a second term, extending the tenure of one of the nation’s first out lesbian governors.Decision Desk HQ called the election at 10:13 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday...
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Maryland voters on Tuesday approved a state constitutional amendment that would grant state lawmakers more authority to redistrict congressional districts. Question 2 passed by a 60.05-33.20 percent. Democratic Gov. Wes Moore, who was re-elected on Tuesday, and other members of h...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Democratic congressional candidate JoAnna Mendoza, an openly LGBTQ+ Marine veteran who served during the military’s discriminatory "don’t ask, don’t tell” era, has defeated Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani in Arizona’s 6th Congressiona...
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According to MS NOW, Democrats will be the majority party in the House of Representatives in the next session of Congress. It's the first time that Democrats have had control of the House since 2022. MS NOW predicted that Democrats will hold 244 House seats and Republicans will h...
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According to MS NOW, Democrats will be the majority party in the House of Representatives in the next session of Congress. It's the first time that Democrats have had control of the House since 2022. MS NOW predicted that Democrats will hold 244 House seats and Republicans will h...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the transgender Democrat who became a national figure after Republican lawmakers barred her from the House floor in 2023, has secured another term representing the Missoula area.Zephyr ran unopposed i...
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Out US House Rep. Emily Randall (D-WA) won reelection on Tuesday night, winning 64.7% of the vote over her Republican opponent Teresa Fox, who only won 35.2% of the vote, according to The New York Times. Randall made history in 2024 as the first out queer Latina elected to Congre...
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Arizona voters have passed Proposition 318, the so-called “Protect Girls Sports in Arizona Act,” The Arizona Mirror reported. Approximately 57.2% of voters approved of the ballot initiative and 42.8% opposed it, The New York Times reported. Based on a 2022 Arizona law that federa...
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Democratic US Senate candidate, Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan, has defeated his anti-LGBTQ+ Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, according to Decision Desk HQ. El-Sayed had won 51.77% of the vote compared to Rogers' 46.23%, as of 1:47 am local time. Read our full article about El-Sayed...
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Mark Takano, the first non-white gay member of the Congress, has easily won election to an eighth term representing his California district. He defeated Republican nominee Steve Manos by a margin of about 30 percent. Mark Takano has been serving as chair of the Congressional Equa...
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Tina Kotek, the nation's first out lesbian governor, won election to a second term, defeating Republican candidate Christine Drazan. The race was a replay of the 2022 election, which Kotek won by 3.5 percentage points. Polling in the race put the two candidates running close toge...
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Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) won reelection on Tuesday after running unopposed to represent Wisconsin’s 2nd congressional district. He has served in the chamber since 2012. Read our full story about Pocan's victory here. Check out the latest about America votes in the 2026 Midterm Elec...
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Bisexual Rep. Sharice (D-KS) won reelection to the US House, winning 59.55% of the vote over her Republican opponent, Eric Jenkins, who only won 38.4%, the Associated Press reported Tuesday night. Davids made history in 2018 as the first-ever openly lesbian Native American electe...
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Democrat US Senate candidate Troy Jackson has defeated Maine Sen. Susan Collins, according to Maine Public. Collins has held the seat since being elected to it in 1996. Though the Associated Press has not called the race, Collins reportedly called Jackson to concede. Read our ful...
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Out lesbian Cait Conley has flipped a key seat for the Democrats, defeating incumbent Rep. Mike Lawler in the New York district. Lawler has conceded defeat in the Hudson Valley district, saying, “When all of the votes are counted tomorrow in Westchester it’s going to be pretty cl...
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Out gay Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-IL) won re-election to the US House, winning 59% of the vote over his Republican opponent, Dillan Vancil, who only won 40%, according to Decision Desk HQ. Read our full article about his victory here. Check out the latest about America votes in the 2...
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Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss (D) has made history by becoming the first out gay man to represent his state in the US House. The Associated Press called the race on Tuesday night, with Moss winning 59.93% of all votes and his opponent, Republican candidate Ethan Baker, winning ...
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Gay Democrat JD Ford has been declared the winner in the race for U.S. House in Indiana’s 5th district – a massive upset in a typically red district where a Democrat has not won since 1990. Decision Desk HQ called Ford’s win over Republican incumbent Victoria Spartz. With 95% of ...
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Virginia has voted to repeal its same-sex marriage ban and enshrine marriage equality into the state Constitution. NBC News reports that yes votes are currently at 56.2% and no votes at 43.8%, with 78.2% reporting. Read our full article on the ballot measure here. Check out the l...
