After a long night of watching election returns come in we still don’t 
know what will happen in the Gubernatorial race but one thing is certain: it was a great night for pro-equality candidates around the state — and we have you to thank for it! Over the past many months GE staff and volunteers have registered over 3,000 people to vote and engaged in over 100,000 voter contacts and it really made the difference.
Here are some of the highlights:
– Matthew Wilson won his race in HD 80 and will become the 5th openly LGBTQ member of the state legislature
– Gwinnett County elected their first ever openly gay County Commissioner in Ben Ku
-The first openly gay man ever elected to the State House, Sam Park, won his re-election campaign by a wide margin against a well funded-challenger who had previously held that seat.
– In the Senate, we protected Sen. Jen Jordan from her challenger and elected two new pro-equality senators— Sally Harrel defeated anti-LGBTQ incumbent Sen. Fran Millar in SD 40 and Zahra Karinshak won her race in SD 48.
– House candidate Mary Frances Williams is ahead of the incumbent in HD 37 in Marietta. When she is certified as the winner, that will mean that the all of the major backers of RFRA legislation over the past few years who faced challengers lost their races. Clearly being anti-LGBT is a growing concern to Georgia voters.
– In the House we elected new pro-equality candidates in HD 40: Erick Allen, HD 50: Angelika Kausche, HD 79: Michael Wilensky, HD 95: Beth Moore, HD 102: Gregg Kennard, HD 105: Donna McLeod, HD 107: Shelley Hutchinson, HD 108: Jasmine Clark, HD 111: El-Mahdi Holly, and HD 153: Camia Thompson
John Barrow for Secretary of State and Lindy Miller for Public Service Commissioner will be in a December 4 runoff, and Stacey Abrams needs a net gain of less than 25,000 votes to secure a runoff in her race. Please join us to prepare for these races by making a donation today.
Here’s the full list of GE Endorsees who won last night:
| State Senate: SD 6: Jen Jordan (i) SD 40: Sally Harrel SD 41: Steven Henson (i) SD 44: Gail Davenport (i) SD 48: Zahra KarinshakHouse of Representatives: HD 37: Mary Frances Williams HD 39: Erica Thomas (i) HD 40: Erick Allen HD 50: Angelika Kausche HD 56: Able Mable Thomas (i) HD 57: Pat Gardner (i) HD 58: Park Cannon (i) HD 60: Kim Schofield (i) HD 79: Michael Wilensky |
HD 80: Matthew Wilson HD 81: Scott Holcomb (i) HD 84: Renitta Shannon (i) HD 85: Karla Drenner (i) HD 86: Michelle Henson (i) HD 95: Beth Moore HD 99: Brenda Lopez (i) HD 101: Sam Park (i) HD 102: Greg Kennard HD 105: Donna McLeod HD 107: Shelley Hutchinson HD 108: Jasmine Clark HD 111: El-Mahdi Holly HD 113: Pam Dickerson (i) HD 153: Camia ThompsonGwinnett County Commission District 2: Ben Ku |