Meet California's first openly gay ernor — for a few hours, anyway

Contents:

• MRA HEALEY BE FIRST GAY WOMAN ELECTED MASSACHETTS ERNOR
• MRA HEALEY IS FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST OUT GAY PERSON ELECTED MASSACHETTS ERNOR
• MASSACHETTS SET TO ELECT FIRST FEMALE, GAY ERNOR OVER TMPIST OPPONENT
• HEALEY BE FIRST OPENLY GAY WOMAN ELECTED ERNOR US; TELLS LGBTQ “YOU N BE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BE”
• MEET CALIFORNIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR — FOR A FEW HOURS, ANYWAY
• GAY GOVERNORS: MRA HEALEY, TA KOTEK, JARED POLIS W

MRA HEALEY BE FIRST GAY WOMAN ELECTED MASSACHETTS ERNOR

Mra Healey has been elected ernor of Massachetts, makg history as the state’s first woman and first openly gay ndidate elected to the feated Republin Geoff Diehl, a former state reprentative who had the endorsement of former Print Tmp. Healey and Democrat Ta Kotek, a ndidate for ernor Oregon, each began the day wh a chance to bee the first openly lbian person elected ernor of a — elected eight years ago as the natn’s first openly gay attorney general — snapped what’s bee known Massachetts as the “curse of the attorney general.

Massachetts’ Democratic attorney general, Mra Healey, has been elected ernor, makg history as the state’s first woman and first openly gay ndidate elected to the feated the Republin Geoff Diehl, a former state reprentative who had the endorsement of Donald Tmp. Healey and Ta Kotek, a Democratic ndidate for ernor Oregon, each began the day wh a chance to bee the first out gay woman elected ernor of a the mpaign, Healey pledged to expand job trag programs, make childre more affordable and mornize schools.

MRA HEALEY IS FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST OUT GAY PERSON ELECTED MASSACHETTS ERNOR

Massachetts is on urse to elect s first woman and first gay ernor after Mra Healey won the Democratic primary on Tuday and a Tmp-backed ndidate, Geoff Diehl, won the Republin ntt to face, the state attorney general, said: “I am honored to receive the Democratic nomatn … Together, we’re gog to w November and build a Massachetts that works for everyone. Swift was succeed by Mt Romney, who beme the 2012 Republin nomee for print and is now a senator om Democratic ndidate for ernor Oregon, Ta Kotek, is also gay.

If elected, she and Healey will be the first gay women to ern US stat. Healey also is the first openly gay person to be elected Governor of Massachetts and the first openly gay woman to be elected Governor the untry (*Democratic ndidate Ta Kotek’s race Oregon is still yet to be lled). In Colorado, the natn’s first openly gay ernor, Jared Polis, was re-elected, trouncg Republin Heidi Ganahl 57.

New York’s 3rd ngrsnal district saw history ma wh two gay men nng, Democrat Robert Zimmerman and Republin Gee Santos.

MASSACHETTS SET TO ELECT FIRST FEMALE, GAY ERNOR OVER TMPIST OPPONENT

Santos is an electn nier and supporter of Ron DeSantis’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. Maloney, who is openly gay, is the Democratic Congrsnal Campaign Commtee Chair (DCCC). “This Rabow Wave is a clear rebe to the creased homophobia and transphobia sweepg our muni – and prov voters want to elect qualified LGBTQ lears, ” Fujii said.

Toni Atks beme California's first openly gay ernor on Wednday -- for a perd of roughly ne hours.

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HEALEY BE FIRST OPENLY GAY WOMAN ELECTED ERNOR US; TELLS LGBTQ “YOU N BE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BE”

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MEET CALIFORNIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ERNOR — FOR A FEW HOURS, ANYWAY

woman and the first gay person ever elected Governor of. Republin Christe Drazan to bee the state's first openly gay. Ta Kotek, the projected wner of the Oregon ernor's race, will be only the send woman elected to lead her, who was the first openly gay attorney general elected the untry 2014, was prevly a civil rights lawyer.

A momento mood surround the guratn of Healey, who not only beme the state’s first openly gay ernor but also s first elected female ernor and part of one of the untry’s first female ernor-litenant ernor duos. And gay rights.

The Supreme Court overturned the law Healey appeared wh then-attorney general Martha Coakley after a hearg on the Defense of Marriage Boston Globe/Boston GlobeAfter the DOMA w Boston, Healey sudnly beme a very public figure the gay muny.

GAY GOVERNORS: MRA HEALEY, TA KOTEK, JARED POLIS W

But even ep blue Massachetts, was not that long ago that the LGTBQ muny was ls Barney Frank, the first ngrsman to voluntarily e out as gay, served as a state legislator the 1970s, he stayed the closet due to the “very powerful myth” Democrats and Republins alike believed that LGTBQ people were eventually created a plan to e out to iends and relativ, but then the ngrsnal seat opened up and he cid to n for higher office.

“There was no way I uld have gotten elected to Congrs if I was openly gay.

In 1980 she me out to her mother, who told her that beg gay would prevent her om ever holdg elected office. “So to be the Hoe Chamber today, and watch the first woman be elected to be sworn as ernor of Massachetts, the first gay person beg sworn as ernor of Massachetts, I uldn’t help but thk about... “She’s the first openly gay ernor, and that’s really good for LGBTQ rights, ” said 12-year-old Vera Dmmond, who wore a T-shirt wh a rabow emblazoned on the mother, Elena Spencer, looked on.