Tag: Cory Gardner
Colorado’s most antigay Republican senator just got an openly gay Democratic challenger
Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado is up for reelection in 2020 and Dan Baer, an openly gay Democrat and former U.S. Ambassador under President Barack Obama, hopes to unseat him.
Baer, who just received the endorsement of the LGBTQ Victory Fund, pulled in a jaw-dropping $1.35 million in fundraising dollars last quarter. It’s the largest ever initial fundraising total for an openly LGBTQ congressional candidate.
This no doubt has Gardner more than a little unnerved.
44-year-old Gardner has a long history...
Two senators that oppose LGBTQ rights were ‘honored’ at a gay Republican fundraiser
A conservative LGBTQ organization just held a fundraiser for several anti-LGBTQ politicians last week.
The $250 per person fundraising event, hosted by the leadership of the American Unity Fund (AUF), was held last week at the D.C. office of Hogan Lovells, a law firm.
AUF is an organization “dedicated to advancing the cause of freedom for LGBTQ Americans by making the conservative case that freedom truly means freedom for everyone,” according to their website.
Three U.S. Representatives and three U.S. Senators were...
