Washington, DC – Today LGBTQ Victory Fund – the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office – endorsed 10 more LGBTQ candidates for the 2021 election cycle, including Janani Ramachandran for California state Assembly. Ramachandran will be the first out LGBTQ women of Asian descent ever elected to the state Assembly if she wins.
“While many consider 2021 an off-election year, it is state and local governments that most affect the daily lives of residents,” said Mayor Annise Parker, President & CEO of LGBTQ Victory Fund. “The LGBTQ candidates we endorse today will champion equality at the state and local level – blocking bills attacking anti-trans students, passing laws that ban conversion therapy and changing hearts and minds in their communities along the way. We have groundbreaking candidates running across the country this year and together we can help them cross the finish line.”
The complete list of candidate endorsements announced today is below:
2021 General Candidate Endorsements
Guillermo Creamer (He/Him/His)
Worcester City Council, At-Large, MA
General Election: 11/02/21
Carolyn Hoffman (She/Her/Hers)
Monroe County Legislator, District 25, NY
General Election: 11/02/21
Graysen Martinez Ocasio (He/Him/His)
Salem City Council, Ward 4, MA
Primary Election: 9/14/21
General Election: 11/02/21
Janani Ramachandran (She/Her/Hers)
California State Assembly, District 18
General Election: 08/31/21
Tiffany Sizemore (She/Her/Hers)
Allegheny County (PA) Court of Common Pleas Judge
General Election: 11/02/21
Donette Smith (She/Her/Hers)
Newburgh Town Council, NY
General Election: 11/02/21
2021 Incumbent Endorsements
Joshua Cole (He/Him/His)
Virginia House of Delegates, HD-28, VA
General Election: 11/02/21
Michael Góngora (He/Him/His)
Miami Beach Commissioner, Group 3, FL
Primary Election: 08/03/21
General Election: 11/02/21
Darin Mano (He/Him/His)
Salt Lake City Council, District 5
General Election: 11/02/21
Karen Stegman (She/Her/Hers)
Chapel Hill Town Council Member, NC
General Election: 11/02/21
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.
