February 29, 2008

LGBT in '08?

An aide to Assemblyman John Laird, a member of the Legislature's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Caucus, has the rundown of what seats now held by openly gay lawmakers are up for grabs in 2008.

All told, aide Chris Moore reports on the California Majority Report that three-fifths of the five-member LGBT Caucus is terming out of office this year, including Laird, Assemblyman Mark Leno, and Sen. Sheila Kuehl.

But Moore says the LGBT caucus could grow to as many as eight seats.

There are openly gay Democratic candidates running in AD 8, AD 13, AD 14, AD 40, AD 46 and AD 80, as well as Sen. Christine Kehoe running for reelection and Sen. Carole Migden's seat, where two of the leading candidates (Migden and Leno) are openly gay.

Posted by Shane Goldmacher on February 29, 2008 9:05 AM