Tag Archives: U.S. Senate

Lesbian nominated to federal appeals court

President Biden nominated one well-known lesbian jurist to serve on a federal appeals court bench, another to be chief judge of Federal Claims Court, and a third to a U.S. District Court seat in Colorado.

Senate confirms two LGBT nominees to top Pentagon posts

Despite concerns voiced by Republicans that the military, under President Biden, was pushing "far left doctrines," the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointments of two LGBT military veterans to serve in top Pentagon posts.

Dems win Georgia and control of U.S. Senate

Democrats won control of the U.S. Senate Wednesday as both Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff won their bids to unseat Republican incumbents.

US Senate races: Where LGBT support matters

Control of the U.S. Senate is, in many ways, more important to the future of the LGBT movement than the White House. So, it is no surprise that LGBT groups are focusing in on key Senate contests. Here's a look

Historic field of LGBT candidates for US Senate

The only LGBT member of the U.S. Senate is taking a pummeling from right-wing opponents who want to thwart her bid for a second-term, but the LGBT Democrat in the red state of Arizona is sailing over her opponents, and

US Senate: 57 percent chance of new majority

Election data guru Nate Silver calculates there's a 57 percent chance Democrats might win the majority in the U.S. Senate November 8. LGBT issues are playing in several of the key states that would decide such a victory.

Baldwin makes history, heads to U.S. Senate

In an historic victory Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay person to be elected to the U.S. Senate. Her victory, along with the apparent wins of six out of seven openly LGBT candidates for the U.S.

13 races to worry about Nov. 2

For hard-core political junkies in the LGBT community, there’s a lot to worry about in the November 2 voting—and not just because there’s the possibility of Republicans taking over the U.S. House and Senate. A number of races around the

Dems lose critical 60th Senate seat in Mass.

It’s a double victory for Republicans: Republican Scott Brown has won the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts and taken away from the Democratic majority in Congress its critical 60th vote in the Senate.

Mass Senate race now includes GOP gay baiting

Tuesday’s special election for the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts took an ugly turn in the last few days, with a national anti-gay organization now playing the anti-gay marriage card in an apparent move to turn out social conservatives to