From left: Marko Liias, Stephanie Byers, and Jon HoadleyThere were significant successes for LGBTQ+ candidates in Tuesday's primary elections around the nation.Marko Liias, a gay man, appears to have advanced to the general election for lieutenant governor in Washington State.
Transgender woman Stephanie Byers was unopposed in her primary for a state representative post in Kansas and is likely to become the state's first trans legislator.
Gay man Jon Hoadley won a U.S. House nomination in Michigan and, if elected in November, will be the first out member of the state's congressional delegation.