WASHINGTON–Today, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund announced its endorsement of Representative Angie Craig for the U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota in 2026. If elected, Craig would become the state’s first out LGBTQ+ U.S. senator.
In addition, 24 candidates for local office running in 2025 elections were also endorsed. To date, 164 candidates have received Victory Fund’s endorsement for 2025 races. To earn LGBTQ+ Victory Fund’s endorsement a candidate must be an out member of the LGBTQ+ community who supports LGBTQ+ equality and the right to bodily autonomy and demonstrates a path to victory.
LGBTQ+ Victory Fund endorses the following candidates:
ALABAMA
Antwon Womack (he/him)
Birmingham Board of Education, District 8
GEORGIA
Liliana Bakhtiari (she/they)
Atlanta City Council
IOWA
Lauren Myers (she/her)
Council Bluffs Community School District Board of Education
KANSAS
William Naeger (he/him)
Topeka City Council, District 1
MARYLAND
Ron Gunzburger (he/him)
Annapolis City Council, Ward 1
MASSACHUSETTS
Liz Breadon (she/her)
Boston City Council, District 9
Laurie Sawyer (she/her)
Attleboro City Council, At-Large
Denise Simmons (she/her)
Cambridge City Council
MICHIGAN
Denzel McCampbell (he/him)
Detroit City Council, District 7
Gabriela Santiago-Romero (she/her)
Detroit City Council, District 6
MINNESOTA
Chauntyll Allen (she/her)
Saint Paul City Council, Ward 4
Angie Craig (she/her)
U.S. Senate
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Alex King (he/him)
Livonia City Council
Bryce Kaw-uh (he/him)
Manchester City Council, Ward 1
NEW YORK
Brittany Bonanno (she/her)
Webster Town Justice
Danny Boudreau (he/him)
Albany Common Council, Ward 6
Chi Osse (he/him)
New York City Council, District 36
Victor Sanchez (he/him)
Rochester City Council, At-Large
PENNSYLVANIA
Ethan Byers (he/him)
Columbia Borough Council
Jasmine Preston (she/her)
Mayor of Columbia Borough
VIRGINIA
Lindsey Dougherty (she/her)
State House of Delegates, District 75
WASHINGTON
Ry Armstrong (they/them)
Mayor of Seattle
Dionne Foster (she/her)
Seattle City Council, Position 9
Caitlin Konya (she/her)
SeaTac City Council, Position 2
WISCONSIN
Adrian Lampron (they/them)
Dane County Board of Supervisors, District 1
