John Laird will not be rejoining the California LGBT Legislative Caucus this year after all.
He lost Tuesday's 15th District State Senate Special Election against Republican
Sam Blakeslee. The 15th district seat was previously held by Republican
Abel Maldonado, who is now Lieutenant Governor of California and running to hold on to this new post against San Francisco Mayor
Gavin Newsom in November.
The official results were
Jim Fitzgerald 8014 5.1%
Mark Hinkle 3162 2.0%
John Laird 69649 44.1%
Sam Blakeslee 77107 48.8%
Unfortunately, the seat will not be up for a vote again until 2012, so that leaves Democrats 2-votes away from the 2/3rds (27 votes) they need in the Legislature's 40-member upper House to pass a budget and raise taxes.
Blakeslee says he is pro-gay marriage.
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