Incumbent Rep. Renee Ellmers first won election in the Tea Party wave of 2010 with an endorsement from Sarah Palin. Ellmers voted to fund the GOP effort to defend DOMA.
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TEXAS: Anti-Gay AG Greg Abbott Beats Wendy Davis In Gubernatorial Race
Davis’ support for abortion rights made her public enemy #1 in Teabagistan. Celebrations are erupting on Twitter.
Read More »NEW HAMPSHIRE: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen Defeats GOP Challenger Scott Brown
ARKANSAS: Anti-Gay Rep. Tom Cotton Unseats Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor
PENNSYLVANIA: LGBT Ally Tom Wolf Defeats Incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett
No surprise here. Wolf has said that he would sign a statewide hate crimes law like the one unanimously approved last week by the Philadelphia City Council.
Read More »Election Night Open Thread
I’ll do separate posts as results for key races come in, but let’s make this the main room to share news and opinions.
Read More »Kansas Goes Cerulean
KANSAS!
Read the ruling. Defendants’ stay request presents a relatively close call. As Guzzo explained, the Tenth Circuit has settled the substance of the constitutional challenge plaintiffs’ motion presents. Id. at *5. And under the Circuit’s decisions, Kansas law is encroaching on plaintiffs constitutional rights. But defendants’ arguments have required the Court to make several jurisdictional and justiciability determinations, and human …
Read More »Lea DeLaria Vs Subway Preacher
Via TMZ: Lea DeLaria (aka Big Boo) was on the train when the proselytizer began preaching at ear-piercing levels. The actress stood up in her “Bad Jew” T and schooled the guy, distracting commuters intently Instagraming, Twittering and Candy Crushing. But the preacher guy fought back … eventually referencing Sodom and Gomorrah and “the sin of homosexuality.” At that point …
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