While LGBTQI candidates made history at the 2022 US midterm elections, anti-LGBTQI politicians like Florida governor Ron DeSantis and MAGA Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene were reelected.
It was a mixed night for the LGBTQ+ community in the US midterm elections, with some historic wins for newcomers, but also victories for Republican candidates who have already enacted anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in their states.
Balint, whose grandfather was murdered in the Holocaust, hopes to offer deep listening skills she perfected as a middle-school teacher to find common ground in Washington
The first woman and first openly gay person to serve as the president of the Vermont state Senate is running for Congress. Democratic Senator Becca Balint announced her candidacy today, joining Democratic Lieutenant Governor Molly Gray in running to replace Congressman Peter Welch.