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Lesbian councilwoman runs for mayor of Oakland

logointern2 — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:00:09 +0000

Openly lesbian councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan has announced her candidacy for mayor of Oakland, CA The Bay citizen reports.

The 39-year-old politician spoke to a group of supporters at the Joyce(...)

Gay candidate withdraws from Illinois race

logointern1 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:20:05 +0000

A gay Senate hopeful vying to fill the Illinois seat once held by President Barack Obama dropped out of the race two days before a special election.

Jacob Meister, a Democrat, announced before a(...)

Marriage in Maine is down to the wire

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:39:51 +0000

Less than two weeks away from the vote on Maine’s marriage equality law, things are looking up for marriage equality supporters, but they’re not letting down their guards.

“Nobody’s(...)

Gay partnership foes, backers in WA await ruling

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:03:57 +0000

(Seattle) Supporters and foes of gay domestic partnerships await a federal ruling from a three-judge panel on whether petitions for Washington states’s Referendum 71 should be made public.

The(...)

Maine gay marriage campaigns report donations

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:13:07 +0000

(Augusta, Maine) Supporters of Maine’s gay marriage law said Tuesday they’ve collected $2.7 million for their campaign against a ballot proposal to repeal it, more than double the amount the(...)

Senate race turns to homophobia in Mississippi

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:24:57 +0000

(Jackson, Mississippi) A tight race for Trent Lott’s old U.S. Senate seat is getting nasty, with the Republican incumbent slamming his Democratic challenger in a television ad that uses actors(...)

The 365Gay political roundtable: The DNC

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:04:46 +0000

Campaigns take cash, ask questions later

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:52:23 +0000

(Washington) Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain has consistently followed the government’s instructions for keeping prohibited foreign money out of their presidential campaigns, and some of(...)

Campaign digs to stop for Sept. 11

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:00:15 +0000

(Washington) Presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain plan to pull ads on Sept. 11 that criticize each other, a respite from the political fray to honor the anniversary of the 2001(...)

Obama campaign rebuts book

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:19:12 +0000

(Honolulu, Hawaii) Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama hit back Thursday with a 40-page rebuttal to the best-selling book “The Obama Nation,” arguing the author is a fringe bigot(...)