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Home *Resist. Protest. Obstruct. Inform., *The Illegitimate Regime of Donald Trump, 2018 Elections, NewsVictory Fund Endorses 36 More LGBTQ Candidates for 2018, Including Brandon Woodard for the Kansas State House

Victory Fund Endorses 36 More LGBTQ Candidates for 2018, Including Brandon Woodard for the Kansas State House

August 21, 2018• byMichael Strangeways
Brandon Woodard is running for office in conservative Kansas in 2018

Brandon Woodard is running for office in conservative Kansas in 2018

The LGBTQ Victory Fund endorsed 36 more candidates today, a potential sign that the 2018 mid term U.S. elections might be a “Rainbow Wave” of LGBTQ candidates in races for elected offices as well as, hopefully, winners.

One of their big endorsees is Brandon Woodard, the adorable candidate running for a seat in the Kansas Statehouse. 

We wish him Brandon the best, but that will be a tough fight…as a former resident of the Sunflower State, we’re WELL aware of how they treat LGBTQ people…

We still don’t know why Dorothy wanted to leave Oz to return to that bigoted hellhole.

IT WAS IN BLACK AND WHITE FOR PETE’S SAKE!!!!

OZ WAS IN COLOR AND HAD CUTE OUTFITS BY ADRIAN!!!!

More:

Washington, DC – Today LGBTQ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, endorsed 36 more candidates for elected positions across the nation. Victory Fund has now endorsed 218 LGBTQ candidates this cycle – more than at any time in its 27-year history.

Among the endorsees is Brandon Woodard, who received a Spotlight endorsement in his race for the Kansas House of Representatives. With a victory in November, Brandon will become the first openly LGBTQ person elected to the Kansas state legislature. He is facing Wendy Bingesser, who touts the endorsement of the anti-LGBTQ organization Family Policy Alliance of Kansas and supports allowing taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex parents. Brandon is one of dozens of LGBTQ candidates facing anti-LGBTQ opponents in the general election.

“A rainbow wave is coming in November – with more LGBTQ candidates positioned to win historic races and high-level offices than at any other time in American history,” said Mayor Annise Parker, President & CEO of LGBTQ Victory Fund. “Importantly, voters are choosing LGBTQ candidates in red states and blue states not because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, but because they are authentic candidates with positive and inclusive agendas. A surge in LGBTQ political power come November is critical not just because the LGBTQ community needs us, but because America needs us.”

 

Spotlight Candidate

Brandon Woodard, Kansas House of Representatives, District 30

 

Endorsed Candidates

James Aguilar, San Leandro (CA) Unified School District Governing Board, Area 6

Jason Andrean, DC State Board of Education, Ward 1

Jordan Brandman, Anaheim (CA) City Council, District 2

Lisa Bunker, New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 18

Marisabel Cabrera, Wisconsin State Assembly, District 9

Carlos Cardona, New Hampshire House of Representatives, Belknap 3

Jake Cunningham, Oakland County (MI) Circuit Court, District 6

Betsy Driver, Mayor of Flemington (NJ)

Bonnie Dumanis, San Diego (CA) Board of Supervisors, District 4

Laurie Farrow, Carroll County (AR) Justice of the Peace, District 3

Rochelle Galindo, Colorado House of Representatives, District 50

Brian Garcia, Tempe Union High School District Governing Board #213, At-Large

Sunday Gover, California State Assembly, District 77

Kathleen James, Vermont House of Representatives, District 4

Ben Ku, Gwinnett County (GA) Commissioner, District 2

Shawn Kumagai, Dublin (CA) City Council, At-Large

Bobby Levinski, Austin City Council, District 8

Richard Perque, Civil District Court Judge, Orleans Parish (LA), Division E

Lis Regula, Portage County (OH) Auditor

Rob Reneau, Peoria County (IL) Board Member, District 10

Katie Scott, Washtenaw County Commissioner (MI), District 9

Adam Spickler, Cabrillo (CA) College Trustee

Rachelanne Vander Werf, American River Flood Control District Trustee (CA)

Daniel Ward, Barnegat Township (NJ) Committee

Mitch Weber, Missouri House of Representatives, District 13

Tyller Williamson, Monterey (CA) City Council, At-Large

 

Endorsed Incumbent Candidates

Becca Balint, Vermont State Senate, Windham District

Harry Bronson, New York State Assembly, District 138

James Chang, Berkeley (CA) Rent Stabilization Board

John Gomez, Cartwright School District Governing Board (AZ)

Debbie Ingram, Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District

Miles Prince, San Gabriel Valley (CA) Municipal Water District, Division 4

Gabriel Quinto, El Cerrito City Council (CA)

Leonard Resto, Chatham Borough (NJ) Council

Marque Snow, Omaha (NE) Public School Board of Education, Subdistrict 2

 

This is the tenth round of endorsements by Victory Fund for the 2018 election cycle. All currently running openly LGBTQ endorsed candidates can be seen atvictoryfund.org/ourcandidates.

Since 1991, Victory Fund has helped thousands of openly LGBTQ candidates win local, state and federal elections.

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LGBTQ Victory Fund

LGBTQ Victory Fund works to change the face and voice of America’s politics and achieve equality for LGBTQ Americans by increasing the number of openly LGBTQ elected officials at all levels of government.

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About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.

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