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ays and lesbians suffered a sicken re-elected with 58 percent of the vote.
In Maine, one-term incumbent lesbian Demo
ing defeat Nov. 6 when virulently
anti-gay U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms (R- cratic state Rep. Susan Farnsworth of Hallowell
N.C.) was returned to office, turning was re-elected with 60 percent of the vote. And
back a challenge from black, pro- lesbian Democrat Dale McCormick of Mon
gay opponent Harvey Gantt. The vote mouth
spread captured a state Senate seat with 53 per
cent of the vote. But lesbian Democratic state
was 53-47 percent.
On the positive side, America’s two openly Senate candidate Sive Neilan of Hope lost her
gay congressmen, Barney Frank and Gerry bid, receiving 39 percent of the vote.
In Brattleboro, Vermont, gay Democratic
Studds (both D-Mass.) both won re-election, 65-
state House candidate Ron Squires received 817
35 percent and 53-47 percent respectively.
Meanwhile, gays and lesbians in San Fran votes to incumbent Stuart Hunt’s 815, according
cisco are ecstatic over the election of two lesbi to AP. A recount is expected. Gay state Senate
ans, Roberta Achtenberg and Carole Migden, to Democratic candidate Howard Russell of Burl
the Board of Supervisors. Migden came in third ington, Vt, lost his bid, according to AP.
In Minneapolis, five-term incumbent gay
and Achtenberg fourth in a 25-way race for five
seats on the board. They join openly gay board state Sen. Alan Spear and five-term incumbent
president Harry Britt. Voters also passed Propo lesbian state Rep. Karen Clark, both of the
sition K, granting gays and lesbians the right to Democrat-Farmer-Labor party, were re-elected.
register their relationships at City Hall. The vote Spear received 73 percent of the vote and Clark
was 54.1 percent in favor of the law, which does 72 percent
In Seattle, gay two-term Democratic state
not grant gay couples any spousal benefits or
rights. San Francisco is the first major city in the Rep. Calvin Anderson will return to the House.
U.S. to allow gays to register their relationships. He garnered a whopping 85 percent of the vote.
And of course, here in Portland, Republican
Another victory for the gay and lesbian
movement was the re-election of U.S. Sen. Paul U.S. Sen. Mark Hatfield, target of an aggressive,
Simon (D-Dl.), whom gays consider one of their two-year-long outing campaign by ACT UP, was
best Senate friends. Simon, a key sponsor of the re-elected by a 54-46 percent margin, a much
recently passed Hate Crimes Statistics Act and smaller victory than in past elections.
Among gay losers Nov. 6 was Boston Repub
the struggling federal gay-rights bill, handily
defeated challenger Lynn Martin 65-35 percent lican Mike Duffy, who captured 44 percent of the
In Columbus, Ohio, gay U.S. House candi vote in a shot at the state House. And in Wash
date Mike Gelpi, a Democrat, went down to de ington, D.C., Jim Harvey came in fifth in an
feat by a margin of 72-28 percent against conser eight-way race for two at-large seats on the City
Council. He received four percent of the vote.
vative Republican incumbent John Kasich.
All in all, in the 20 races tracked here—and
Downtown-Manhattan lesbian Deborah Glick
won a Democratic seat in the New York State we may have missed a few—gays, lesbians and
Assembly, capturing 78 percent of the vote. She their supporters emerged victorious in 13 or 14
is the first gay or lesbian ever elected to state of the contests—depending on how Sen.
Hatfield’s victory is judged. His voting record
wide office there.
In Bridgeport, Connecticut, gay Democratic has been two-thirds pro-gay since the outing
one-term incumbent state Rep. Joe Grabarz was campaign began.
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