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Last fall openly gay Massachusetts state Rep. Carl Sciortino earned viral buzz with a cute campaign ad that featured his Tea Party father endorsing Sciortino’s ultimately failed bid for the US House. Yesterday Sciortino revealed that he is HIV+ and will resign his seat in the state legislature to become executive director of the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. “As a …

Last week Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) declared his candidacy for John Kerry’s Senate seat.  Should Markey win, openly gay Massachusetts state Rep. Carl Sciortino will run for his House seat. “I am running to continue the strong progressive leadership that the families of the Fifth District have always counted on,” Sciortino said in a statement. “I look forward to bringing …