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. Bec Balt, the wner of an at-large Hoe seat Vermont, is the first woman and the first gay person elected to Congrs om her state, and Eric Sorensen, the wner of Illois’ 17th Congrsnal District, is the first gay person elected to Congrs om his state, acrdg to the LGBTQ Victory Garcia, the wner of California’s 42nd Congrsnal District race, will be the first gay immigrant Congrs, while Gee Santos, the wner of New York’s 3rd Congrsnal District race, who went head to head wh another gay ndidate for the seat, is the first non-cumbent gay Republin elected to Congrs and will be the only LGBTQ Republin eher chamber next term.
”Re-electns and lossJared Polis, who 2018 beme the first gay man elected ernor of a U. Sean Patrick Maloney and Mondaire Jon, both of New York, lost their re-electn of Thursday afternoon, there were still two gay and lbian Hoe ndidat whose rac had not yet been lled by NBC News: Will Rolls of California and Jamie McLeod-Skner of Oregon. 8 ballot were 678 lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer ndidat — an 18% crease om 2020, when 574 ndidat ran for office, acrdg to the group.
“Tonight’s 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. He is the first openly transgenr man to w any state legislature out LGBTQ immigrant elected to CongrsDemocrat Robert Garcia, who is gay, was elected the race for California's 42nd ngrsnal district.