LGBTQ candidates perform well around the U.S.
Tina Kotek, left, and Maura Healey ‘Lavendar ceilings’ shattered around the country Tuesday as at least 324 Victory Fund-endorsed candidates won elections LISA KEEN | Keen News Servicelisakeen@mac.com The LGBTQ Victory Fund had endorsed 416 openly LGBTQ candidates in midterm races — from federal to local — around the U.S., and as of 5 p.m.
Central Time on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 324 of those candidates had declared victory. That number includes 20 winning candidates in Texas.
An early victory came in Massachusetts where Attorney General Maura Healey, a popular Democrat in a deeply blue state, coasted to victory as predicted, becoming the first lesbian to be elected governor of any state.
Another lesbian candidate for governor, Tina Kotek in Oregon, appeared to be in a position to be the second to do so. But that race may end up in a runoff.
