Washington, DC – Today LGBTQ Victory Fund – the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office – endorsed 19 more LGBTQ candidates for the 2021 and 2022 election cycles. Among them are two candidates for the U.S. Congress – Jasmine Beach-Ferrara (NC-14) and Sean Meloy (PA-17) – and Arizona Attorney General candidate Kris Mayes. Also endorsed were 15 state and local candidates with 2022 races and Rob Grilley, who is in a 2021 runoff election for Albuquerque City Council. Victory Fund has now endorsed 48 candidates with 2022 races.
Mayor Annise Parker, President & CEO of LGBTQ Victory Fund, released the following statement about the new endorsements:
“The 2022 election cycle presents enormous opportunities for our community, including the potential to dramatically increase the number of LGBTQ people who serve in state legislatures and electing a historic number of LGBTQ people to the U.S. Congress. These LGBTQ candidates are the antidote to the poisonous anti-LGBTQ legislative and political attacks we’ve seen grow over the past year – making it essential we invest early to help them win. As elected officials, they will be the frontline in efforts to defend our community and ensure debates and policies are inclusive of LGBTQ people.”
The complete list of candidate endorsements announced today is below:
2022 Game Changer Endorsements (pictured)
Jasmine Beach-Ferrara (she/her)
US House of Representatives, NC-14
Primary Election: 3/8/2022
General Election: 11/8/2022
Kris Mayes (she/her)
Arizona Attorney General
Primary Election: 8/2/2022
General Election: 11/8/2022
Sean Meloy (he/him)
US House of Representatives, PA-17
Primary Election: 5/10/2022
General Election: 11/8/2022
2021 General Candidate Endorsement
Rob Grilley (he/him)
Albuquerque City Council, District 9, NM
General Election: 11/2/2021
Runoff Election: 12/7/2021
2022 General Candidate Endorsements
Todd Delmay (he/him)
Florida State House of Representatives, District 100
Primary Election: 8/23/2022
General Election: 11/8/2022
Justice Horn (he/him)
Jackson County Legislature, District 1, KS
Primary Election: 8/2/2022
General Election: 11/8/2022
Jason Morgan (he/him)
Michigan State House of Representatives, District 53
Primary Election: 8/2/2022
General Election: 11/8/2022
Ty Penserga (he/him)
Mayor of Boynton Beach, FL
General Election: 3/12/2022
Janelle Perez (she/her)
Florida State Senate, District 37
Primary Election: 8/23/2022
General Election: 11/8/2022
Joseph Vogel (he/him)
Maryland State House of Delegates, District 17
Primary Election: 6/28/2022
General Election: 11/8/2022
2022 Incumbent Candidate Endorsements
Kyle Bueno (he/him)
Fairhaven School Committee, MA
General Election: 4/5/2022
Karen Bushell (she/her)
Montgomery County Clerk of Court, MD
Primary Election: 6/28/2022
General Election: 11/8/2022
Alyson Grine (she/her)
Superior Court Judge, District 15B, NC
Primary Election: 3/2/2022
General Election: 11/8/2022
Stacy Hackenberg (she/her)
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4, TX
Primary Election: 3/8/2022
General Election: 11/8/2022
Alex Lee (he/him)
California State Assembly, District 25
Primary Election: 6/7/2022
General Election: 11/8/2022
Mike Simmons (he/him)
Illinois State Senate, District 7
Primary Election: 6/28/2022
General Election: 11/8/2022
Cody Thompson (he/him)
West Virginia House of Delegates, District 43
Primary Election: 5/10/2022
General Election: 11/8/2022
Mary Washington (she/her)
Maryland State Senate, District 43
Primary Election: 6/28/2022
General Election: 11/8/2022
Rae Vander Werf (they/them)
American River Flood Control District Trustee, CA
General Election: 11/8/2022
More information about all of Victory Fund’s endorsed candidates is available at victoryfund.org/ourcandidates. Since 1991, Victory Fund has helped thousands of openly LGBTQ candidates win local, state and federal elections.
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LGBTQ Victory Fund
LGBTQ Victory Fund works to achieve and sustain equality by increasing the number of openly LGBTQ elected officials at all levels of government while ensuring they reflect the diversity of those they serve.
