Tuesday's primaries saw more victories for LGBTQ candidates
Tuesday’s primaries saw more victories for LGBTQ candidates, with Kyrsten Sinema becoming the Democratic nominee for U.S. senator from Arizona.
Sinema, currently a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, becomes the first out bisexual Senate nominee. She took 80 percent of the vote, easily besting activist Deedra Abboud. In November she will face Republican Martha McSally, also a current House member, as they vie for the Senate seat left open by Jeff Flake’s retirement, setting Arizona up to elect its first woman U.S. senator.
Also in Arizona, Joan Greene, who is lesbian, won the Democratic nomination in the Fifth Congressional District, beating Jose Torres by 60 percent to 40 percent. In November she will face anti-LGBTQ incumbent Andy Biggs, who back in 2015 called the Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling “an affront to the millions of Americans who believe marriage is between a man and a woman.”
Transgender woman Daria Lohman won the Democratic primary for state Senate in the 23rd District, meaning she could become Arizona’s first openly trans lawmaker, and gay man Andres Cano became the Democratic nominee for state House in the Third District.
https://www.advocate.com/election/2018/8/29/lgbtq-primary-wins-kyrsten-sinema-arizonas-us-senate-nominee
