Washington, DC – Today LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ+ leaders to public office, endorsed 28 more out LGBTQ candidates running in 2023. Victory Fund has now endorsed 84 candidates running in the 2023 cycle.
Mayor Annise Parker, President & CEO of LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, released the following statement:
“In 2023, we have the opportunity to make meaningful inroads across the country, from Alaska to Mississippi. So many LGBTQ+ rights – from which books we are allowed to read to our access to lifesaving health care – are fought for and won at the state and local level. We cannot afford to take a break when bigots are wasting no time in doubling down in their efforts to silence and erase our community. For the LGBTQ+ community, there is no such thing as an ‘off year’ and we cannot afford to sit on the sidelines.”
The complete list of candidate endorsements announced today is below:
General Candidates
Wade Albert (he/him)
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, PA
Primary: 5/16/23
General: 11/7/2023
Joshua Cole (he/him)
Virginia House of Delegates, District 65, VA
Primary: 06/20/2023
General: 11/07/2023
John W. Duncan (he/him)
Madison Common Council, District 1, WI
General: 04/04/202
Derek Field (he/him)
Madison Common Council, District 3, WI
General: 04/04/2023
Cody Hendricks (he/him)
Bloomington City Council, Ward 6, IL
General: 4/4/2023
Charles Judge (he/him)
Winooski City Council, VT
General: 03/07/2023
Julie Konik (she/they)
Sheboygan City Council, District 9, WI
General: 04/04/2023
Chesley Lightsey (she/her)
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, PA
Primary: 5/16/23
General: 11/7/2023
Adele McClure (she/her)
Virginia House of Delegates, District 2, VA
Primary: 06/20/2023
General: 11/07/2023
Fabian Nelson (he/him)
Mississippi House of Representatives, District 66
Primary: 08/8/2023
Primary Runoff: 8/29/2023
Michaela Perez (she/her)
Oxnard City Council, District 6, CA
General: 03/07/2023
Dina Nina Martinez Rutherford (she/her)
Madison Common Council, District 15, WI
General: 04/04/2023
Jarrett Smith (he/him)
Philadelphia City Commission, At-Large, PA
General: 11/7/2023
Randy Udell (he/him)
Mayor of Fitchburg, WI
Primary: 2/21/2023
General: 4/04/2023
Incumbents
Alex Arroyo (he/him)
Aurora School Board, District 131, IL
General: 04/04/2023
Sheena Barnes (she/her)
Toledo Board of Education, OH
General: 11/07/2023
James Michael Bowers (he/him)
Lincoln City Council
Primary: 4/4/23
General 5/2/23
Russ Bradford (he/him)
Nashville Metro Council, District 13, TN
General: 08/03/2023
Jason Chavez (he/him)
Minneapolis City Council, Ward 9, MN
General: 11/07/2023
Brenda Churchill (she/her)
Bakersfield Select Board, VT
General: 03/08/2023
Tyler Hughes (he/him)
Big Stone Gap Town Council, VA
General:11/07/2023
Mitra Jalali (she/her)
Saint Paul City Council, Ward 4, MN
General: 11/07/2023
Andrea Jenkins (she/her)
Minneapolis City Council, Ward 8, MN
General: 11/07/2023
Eliazar Posada (he/him)
Carrboro Town Council, NC
General: 11/07/2023
Felix Rivera (he/him)
Anchorage Assembly, District 4, Seat G, AK
General: 04/04/2023
Taylor Sappington (he/him)
Nelsonville City Auditor, OH
General: 11/07/2023
Lori Schreiber (she/her)
Montgomery County Clerk, PA
Primary: 05/16/2023
General: 11/07/2023
Richard Trojanski (he/him)
Maple Heights City Council, District 6, OH
Primary: 09/05/2023
General: 11/07/2023
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.
