NEW YORK (AP) — Across the natn, LGBTQ ndidat achieved tone victori Tuday’s electn, cludg the first transgenr person elected to a state Senate, and the first openly gay Black men to w seats Congrs.
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IN HISTORIC HOE RACE BETWEEN GAY NDIDAT, REPUBLIN FEATS DEMOCRAT, NBC NEWS PROJECTS
That number surpass 2020’s rerd of 336 and 2018’s rerd of least 1, 065 lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people ran for office this year, wh 678 of them makg to the general electn, the LGBTQ Victory Instute, the rearch arm of the Victory Fund, reported. This reflects LGBTQ voters more broadly: 84% supported Democrats, while 15% supported Republins, acrdg to an NBC News Ex Poll released Tuday Parker, print and CEO of the LGBTQ Victory Fund, said a statement that the “rabow wave” is a “clear rebe to the creased homophobia and transphobia sweepg our muni.