Washington, DC – Today LGBTQ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, endorsed 22 more out LGBTQ candidates. Victory Fund has now endorsed 336 candidates running in the 2022 midterms.
Candidates given Spotlight status include Jennie Armstrong and Andrew Gray running for the Alaska House of Representatives. If elected, Armstrong would be the first out LGBTQ woman and Gray would be the first out LGBTQ man ever elected to the Alaska state legislature.
There are more out LGBTQ candidates running in the 2022 midterms than in any other election cycle in U.S. history. To gain equitable representation, we must elect over 35,000 out LGBTQ people to office.
Mayor Annise Parker, President & CEO of LGBTQ Victory Fund, released the following statement about the endorsements:
“The people we elect to office this cycle will decide what our kids are able to say and read in school, what health care decisions we can and cannot make about our own bodies and whether marriage equality remains the law of the land. Our community is eager and motivated to make our voices heard at the ballot box and make it abundantly clear we will not – cannot – go back. It is encouraging to see a record number of LGBTQ people stand up and run for office in the wake of so much anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Running in every corner of our nation, they are experienced, they are fearless and they are hell-bent on fighting for a more equitable and inclusive future.”
The complete list of candidate endorsements announced today is below:
Spotlight Endorsements
Jennie Armstrong (she/her)
Alaska House of Representatives, District 16
General: 11/8/2022
James Michael Bowers (he/him)
Nebraska Legislature, District 46
General: 11/8/2022
John Fredrickson (he/him)
Nebraska Legislature, District 20
General: 11/8/2022
Andrew Gray (he/him)
Alaska House of Representatives, District 20
General: 11/8/2022
Kameron Nelson (he/him)
South Dakota House of Representative, District 10
General: 11/8/2022
Eunic Ortiz (she/her)
Florida State Senate, District 24
General: 11/8/2022
Janelle Perez (she/her)
Florida State Senate, District 38
General: 11/8/2022
Brett Smiley (he/him)
Mayor of Providence, RI
Primary: 9/13/2022
General: 11/8/2022
General Candidates
Lenny Cioe (he/him)
Rhode Island State Senate, District 4
Primary: 9/13/2022
General: 11/8/2022
Jackie Goldman (they/them)
Providence City Council, Ward 5, RI
Primary: 9/13/2022
General: 11/8/2022
Lisa Grafstein (she/her)
North Carolina State Senate, District 13
General: 11/8/2022
Alex Kithes (he/him)
Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 49
Primary: 9/13/2022
General: 11/8/2022
Alicia Kozlowski (she/her)
Minnesota House of Representatives, District 8B
Primary: 8/9/2022
General: 11/8/2022
Jeffrey Litke (he/him)
Connecticut House of Representatives, District 70
General: 11/8/2022
Louie Minor (he/him)
Bell County Commissioners Court, Precinct 4, TX
General: 11/8/2022
Giona Picheco (she/her)
Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 14
Primary: 9/13/2022
General: 11/8/2022
Freddy Puza (he/him)
Culver City Council, CA
General: 11/8/2022
Bradley Trowbridge (he/him)
Cook County Circuit Court, 8th Subcircuit, IL
General: 11/8/2022
Brianna Westbrook (she/her)
Arizona House of Representatives, District 5
Primary: 8/2/2022
General: 11/8/2022
General Incumbents
Raghib Allie-Brennan (he/him)
Connecticut House of Representatives, District 2
General: 11/8/2022
Adam Eisenberg (he/him)
Seattle Municipal Court, WA
General: 11/8/2022
Raymond Gregory (he/him)
Cathedral City Council, District 5, CA
General: 11/8/2022
Jess Hanson (she/her)
Minnesota House of Representatives, District 55A
Primary: 8/9/2022
General: 11/8/2022
Malcolm Kenyatta (he/him)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 181
General: 11/8/2022
Janice Li (she/her)
BART Board of Directors, District 8, CA
General: 11/8/2022
Eddy Morales (he/him)
Gresham City Council, Position 2, OR
General: 11/8/2022
Jorge Pacheco Jr. (he/him)
Oak Grove School District Board of Trustees, CA
General: 11/8/2022
Miles Prince (he/him)
San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District, Seat 4, CA
General: 11/8/2022
More information about all of Victory Fund’s endorsed candidates is available at victoryfund.org/ourcandidates.
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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. Since 1991, Victory Fund has helped thousands of openly LGBTQ candidates win local, state and federal elections.
