“The candidates who were backed by our organization won about 80% of the time, which is just phenomenal success,” says the President of the Victory Fund. Ennis Parker . “And if you look at the election results, we can conclude that voters supported LGBTQ candidates on an equal footing with candidates from other communities or other minorities. The success of LGBTQ candidates directly depended only on the weight of their campaigns and their professional qualities.
In races for governor in different states, three LGBTQ people have won at once: Jared Polis reelected to a second term in Colorado; Tina Kotek became the second consecutive LGBTQ representative as governor of Oregon; and finally to the Attorney General of Massachusetts Maura Healy became the first LGBTQ woman and the first woman to lead the state. All represent the Democratic Party.
“Mora Healey and Tina Kotek as governors will have a significant impact not only on their states, but on national politics as well,” Parker said. – Former Oregon Governor Kate Brown has identified as bisexual. From now on, she will be replaced by Tina Kotek, that is, the governor’s chair will move from one LGBTQ representative to another. As for Massachusetts, it is always in the public eye, being a state with a huge media market that influences many states.
Democrat Becca Balin became the first LGBTQ representative and the first woman elected to Congress from Vermont. Her victory is also notable for the fact that Vermont was the last US state to never elect a woman to Congress.
“In my campaign, I tried to make voters understand that democracy is now under threat because of some politicians who really don’t believe in free and fair elections,” Balin said in an interview with media. “I think my message that my main job in Congress will be to strengthen our democracy has resonated with a lot of people in Vermont. And they didn’t care if I was a woman or a representative of the queer community – it was me who defended democratic values. I think that helped me convince some people who might have felt uncomfortable voting for an openly lesbian candidate.”
george santos of New York State will go down in history as the first openly gay person elected to the united states House of Representatives by the Republican Party. Interestingly, the electoral race with his participation in itself has become historic – in the elections he was also opposed by an openly gay Democrat, Robert Zimmerman.
“I’m gay. And that’s part and parcel of who I am. I’ve never been discriminated against in the Republican Party. In fact, every time I’ve been discriminated against, it’s been from the Democrats because I’m a gay conservative. And I think that just goes to show that everything the media says about conservatives and their attitude towards the gay and lesbian community is not true. And my job is to refute that. What does my victory mean for the Long-term Republican Party? The fact that we’re a big party is a party for everyone. We accept everyone: people of any lifestyle, race, creed, ethnicity and sexual orientation,” said Santos.
Democrat James Rosner after winning the New Hampshire election, he became the first transgender man to be elected to any state legislature. Peruvian Democrat Robert Garcia became the first LGBTQ immigrant in history to be elected to the US Congress. The upcoming 118th convocation of Congress, which begins on January 3, 2023, will be the “rosiest” in US history. It will have 13 LGBTQ representatives, two in the upper house and 11 in the lower house.
