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4 LGBTQ Women Made History in Their Primary Elections This Week
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Texas Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez won the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Texas, making her the first openly lesbian and Latina nominee to ever receive her party’s nomination for governor. If she wins, she’ll be the first Latinx to take office as governor in Texas. Also in Texas, Gina Ortiz Jones won the Democratic runoff in her congressional race. The Iraq War veteran will face GOP incumbent Will Hurd in Texas’ 23rd district in November; if she wins, she’ll become the first openly LGBTQ person and first Filipina-American to represent Texas. Lorie Burch Received 75. percent of the votes in the District 3 runoff. Burch would be among the first LGBTQ congresswomen from Texas, if elected. Arkansas Tippi McCullough, who was forced out of her teaching job five years ago because she’s gay, won her Arkansas House District 33 primary. Because she won’f face a republican challenger in the general election in November, she’s in! In just a few months she’ll become the first and only openly LGBTQ person in the Arkansas state legislature. Georgia Openly gay lawyer Matthew Wilson won his House District 80 primary and now joins openly LGBTQ women Park Cannon, Renitta Shannon, and Karla Drenner who are running to hold onto their seats in the Georgia State Legislature. The other huge news out of the peach state, of course, is that Stacey Adams won the Democratic primary, making her the first black woman to win a major party’s endorsement for governor of Georgia. Source
