Openly gay Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island David Cicilline easily won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives seat vacated by Patrick Kennedy on Tuesday night.
Because Rhode Island is an overwhelmingly Democratic state, winning the nomination is tantamount to winning the seat. This means that Cicilline will very likely become the 4th openly LGBT member of the 112th Congress which is called to order January 4, 2011. The other members should be Tammy Baldwin (WI-02), Barney Frank (MA-04) and Jared Polis (CO-02).
There's a possibility that openly gay Mayor of Palm Springs Steve Pougnet may join them as the 5th member of the LGBT Caucus from CA-45. Won't you help him get there?
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