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| − | + | This chronological listing of elected officials is arranged by the year they were elected to their first office held, which is noted, then alphabetically within state. Many have subsequently been elected to other offices and these are detailed on their individual pages. | |
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California | California | ||
| − | :* [[Ken | + | :* [[Ken Yeager|Yeager, Ken]], San Jose/Evergreen Community College Trustee |
New Mexico | New Mexico | ||
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Massachusetts | Massachusetts | ||
| − | :* [[Mary Clare | + | :* [[Mary Clare Higgins|Higgins, Mary Clare]], City Council, Northampton |
:* [[Kenneth Reeves|Reeves, Kenneth]], came out December 1992, re-elected to the City Council, Cambridge | :* [[Kenneth Reeves|Reeves, Kenneth]], came out December 1992, re-elected to the City Council, Cambridge | ||
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Washington D.C. | Washington D.C. | ||
| − | :* Sojourner, Sabrina (D), At-Large Seat, Central Democratic Committee, May | + | :* [[Sabrina Sojourner|Sojourner, Sabrina]] (D), At-Large Seat, Central Democratic Committee, May |
Wisconsin | Wisconsin | ||
| − | :* Gunderson, Steve (R), outed in 1994 | + | :* [[Steve Gunderson|Gunderson, Steve]] (R), outed in 1994, |
re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives | re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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California | California | ||
| − | :* Zeidler, Zeke, Redondo Beach School Board, March | + | :* [[Zeke Zeidler|Zeidler, Zeke]], Redondo Beach School Board, March |
Connecticut | Connecticut | ||
| − | :* Zemo, Stephen, Town of Ridgefield Selectman | + | :* [[Stephen Zemo|Zemo, Stephen]], Town of Ridgefield Selectman |
Florida | Florida | ||
| − | :* Sigler, Victoria, Dade County Court Judge, January | + | :* [[Victoria Sigler|Sigler, Victoria]], Dade County Court Judge, January |
Iowa | Iowa | ||
| − | :* Crews, Bill, came out in 1993, re-elected Mayor, City of Melbourne | + | :* [[Bill Crews|Crews, Bill]], came out in 1993, re-elected Mayor, City of Melbourne |
New York | New York | ||
| − | :* Kavanaugh, Barbra, City Council, Buffalo | + | :* [[Barbara Kavanaugh|Kavanaugh, Barbra]], City Council, Buffalo |
| − | :* Lopez, Margarita, Female Democratic District Leader, 63rd Assembly District (B), New York, September | + | :* [[Margarita Lopez|Lopez, Margarita]], Female Democratic District Leader, 63rd Assembly District (B), New York, September |
Rhode Island | Rhode Island | ||
| − | :* Cicillini, David, House of Representatives, Providence | + | :* [[David Cicillini|Cicillini, David]], House of Representatives, Providence |
Washington | Washington | ||
| − | :* Moeller, Jim (D), City Council, Vancouver | + | :* [[Jim Moeller|Moeller, Jim]] (D), City Council, Vancouver |
| − | :* Podlodowski, Tina, City Council Member, Seattle | + | :* [[Tina Podlodowski|Podlodowski, Tina]], City Council Member, Seattle |
Wisconsin | Wisconsin | ||
| − | :* Verveer, Mike, Common Council, Madison, April | + | :* [[Mike Verveer|Verveer, Mike]], Common Council, Madison, April |
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Arizona | Arizona | ||
| − | :* Kolbe, Jim (R), came out July 1996, re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, 5th Congressional District, Tucson | + | :* [[Jim Kolbe|Kolbe, Jim]] (R), came out July 1996, re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, 5th Congressional District, Tucson |
California | California | ||
| − | :* McCarthy, Kevin, Superior Court Judge, San Francisco | + | :* [[Kevin McCarthy|McCarthy, Kevin]], Superior Court Judge, San Francisco |
| − | :* Owens, Juanita, President Board of Education, San Francisco | + | :* [[Juanita Owens|Owens, Juanita]], President Board of Education, San Francisco |
| − | :* Radulovich, Tom, Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board, San Francisco | + | :* [[Tom Radulovich|Radulovich, Tom]], Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board, San Francisco |
| − | :* Tsenin, Kay, Municipal Court Judge, San Francisco | + | :* [[Kay Tsenin|Tsenin, Kay]], Municipal Court Judge, San Francisco |
Florida | Florida | ||
| − | :* Leban, Mark, Dade County Court Judge, September | + | :* [[Mark Leban|Leban, Mark]], Dade County Court Judge, September |
Illinois | Illinois | ||
| − | :* Patti, Sebastian , Cook County Circuit Court Judge | + | :* [[Sebastian Patti|Patti, Sebastian]], Cook County Circuit Court Judge |
| − | :* McKeon, Lawrence (D), State House of Representatives, 34th District, Chicago | + | :* [[Lawrence McKeon|McKeon, Lawrence]] (D), State House of Representatives, 34th District, Chicago |
Maine | Maine | ||
| − | :* Powers, Judy (D), State Representative | + | :* [[Judy Powers|Powers, Judy]] (D), State Representative |
New York | New York | ||
| − | :* Robinson, Doug, School Board District 2, New York | + | :* [[Doug Robinson|Robinson, Doug]], School Board District 2, New York |
| − | :* Sauer, Larry, School Board District 3, New York | + | :* [[Larry Sauer|Sauer, Larry]], School Board District 3, New York |
Rhode Island | Rhode Island | ||
| − | :* Pisaturo, Michael (D), State Representative 21st District, Cranston | + | :* [[Michael Pisaturo|Pisaturo, Michael]] (D), State Representative 21st District, Cranston |
Texas | Texas | ||
| − | :* Frasier, Margo, Sheriff of Travis County, Austin | + | :* [[Margo Frasier|Frasier, Margo]], Sheriff of Travis County, Austin |
Washington | Washington | ||
| − | :* Murray, Ed (D), House of Representatives 43rd District, Seattle | + | :* [[Ed Murray|Murray, Ed]] (D), House of Representatives 43rd District, Seattle |
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Arizona | Arizona | ||
| − | :* May, Steve (R), State Representative, 26th District, Phoenix | + | :* [[ Steve May|May, Steve]] (R), State Representative, 26th District, Phoenix |
California | California | ||
| − | :* Weinberger, Bill, Charter Commission, Los Angeles, June | + | :* [[Bill Weinberger|Weinberger, Bill]], Charter Commission, Los Angeles, June |
Georgia | Georgia | ||
| − | :* Woolard, Cathy, Atlanta City Council, District 6 | + | :* [[Cathy Woolard|Woolard, Cathy]], Atlanta City Council, District 6 |
New Mexico | New Mexico | ||
| − | :* Siegle, Linda, Santa Fe Community College Board of Trustees | + | :* [[Linda Siegle|Siegle, Linda]], Santa Fe Community College Board of Trustees |
New York | New York | ||
| − | :* Conti, Richard, City Council, Albany | + | :* [[Richard Conti|Conti, Richard]], City Council, Albany |
| − | :* Quinn, Christine, Speaker, City Council, New York | + | :* [[Christine Quinn|Quinn, Christine]], Speaker, City Council, New York |
| − | :* Reed, Phil, City Council Member District 8, New York | + | :* [[Phil Reed|Reed, Phil]], City Council Member District 8, New York |
Ohio | Ohio | ||
| − | :* Escobar, Louis, City Council President, Toledo | + | :* [[Louis Escobar|Escobar, Louis]], City Council President, Toledo |
| − | :* Wiseman, Mary, City Council Member, Dayton | + | :* [[Mary Wiseman|Wiseman]], Mary, City Council Member, Dayton |
Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | ||
| − | :* McGill, Jim, Borough Council Member 2nd Ward, Wilkinsburg | + | :* [[Jim McGill|McGill, Jim]], Borough Council Member 2nd Ward, Wilkinsburg |
Texas | Texas | ||
| − | :* Parker, Annise, City Council Member At-Large Position 1, Houston, December | + | :* [[Annise Parker|Parker, Annise]], City Council Member At-Large Position 1, Houston, December |
Texas | Texas | ||
| − | :* Loza, John, City Councilmember District 12, Dallas, May | + | :* [[John Loza|Loza, John]] (R), City Councilmember District 12, Dallas, May |
Virginia | Virginia | ||
| − | :* Fisette, Jay, Arlington County Board Member, Arlington | + | :* [[Jay Fisette|Fisette, Jay]], Arlington County Board Member, Arlington |
Washington, D.C. | Washington, D.C. | ||
| − | :* Catania, David, At-Large Councilmember, December Special Election | + | :* [[David Catania|Catania, David]], At-Large Councilmember, December Special Election |
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California | California | ||
| − | :* del Moral, Rosalinda, Democratic Executive Committee 13th District, San Francisco, June | + | :* [[Rosalinda del Moral|del Moral, Rosalinda]], Democratic Executive Committee 13th District, San Francisco, June |
Connecticut | Connecticut | ||
| − | :* Mantilla, Evelyn (D), came out in June 1997, re-elected to the State House of Representatives, District 4, Hartford | + | :* [[Evelyn Mantilla|Mantilla, Evelyn]] (D), came out in June 1997, re-elected to the State House of Representatives, District 4, Hartford |
Maryland | Maryland | ||
| − | :* Stradauskas, Anne, Baltimore County Sheriff | + | :* [[Anne Stradauskas|Stradauskas, Anne]], Baltimore County Sheriff |
Massachusetts | Massachusetts | ||
| − | :* Barrios, Jarrett (D), State Representative, District 28, Middlesex | + | :* [[Jarrett Barrios|Barrios, Jarrett]] (D), State Representative, District 28, Middlesex |
| − | :* Malia, Liz (D), State Representative, 11th Suffolk, March | + | :* [[Liz Malia|Malia, Liz]] (D), State Representative, 11th Suffolk, March |
New Hampshire | New Hampshire | ||
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Utah | Utah | ||
| − | :* Biskupski, Jackie (D), State Representative District 30, Salt Lake City | + | :* [[Jackie Biskupski|Biskupski, Jackie]} (D), State Representative District 30, Salt Lake City |
Washington, D.C. | Washington, D.C. | ||
| − | :* Graham, Jim, Councilmember Ward 1 | + | :* [[Jim Graham|Graham]], Jim, Councilmember Ward 1 |
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Florida | Florida | ||
| − | :* Arnold, Diane, Broward County Dem. Exec. Committee, May | + | :* [[Diane Arnold|Arnold, Diane]], Broward County Dem. Exec. Committee, May |
New York | New York | ||
| − | :* Sklarz, Melissa, Democratic Council, New York, September | + | :* [[Melissa Sklarz|Sklarz, Melissa]], Democratic Council, New York, September |
Wisconsin | Wisconsin | ||
| − | :* Sloan, Matt, Common Council, Madison, April | + | :* [[Matt Sloan|Sloan, Matt]], Common Council, Madison, April |
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Florida | Florida | ||
| − | :* Lee, Robert, Broward County Court Judge, September | + | :* [[Robert Lee|Lee, Robert]], Broward County Court Judge, September |
| − | :* Wiscombe, Randy G., City Council, South Miami | + | :* [[Randy G. Wiscombe|Wiscombe]], Randy G., City Council, South Miami |
Revision as of 18:33, 11 April 2009
Out and Elected in the USA: 1974-2004
This chronological listing of elected officials is arranged by the year they were elected to their first office held, which is noted, then alphabetically within state. Many have subsequently been elected to other offices and these are detailed on their individual pages.
All dates of elections occurred in November unless otherwise indicated.
1961
California
- Sarria, José, First openly gay person to run for elected office in the US, San Francisco – bid was unsuccessful
1974
Massachusetts
- Noble, Elaine (D), State Representative, 6th District, Boston
1976
Minnisota
- Spear, Allan (D), came out in 1974, re-elected State Senator, 60th District
1977
California
- Milk, Harvey, Board of Supervisors, San Francisco
1978
New Hampshire
- Trombly, Rick (D), State House of Representatives, Boscawen
1979
New Hampshire
- Splaine, Jim (D), came out in 1979 after service on City Council, elected to School Board, Portsmouth
1980
California
- Lachs, Stephen, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, Los Angeles, June
1982
New York
- Duane, Thomas (D), Democratic District Leader
1984
Massachusetts
- Studds, Gerry E. (D), outed in 1983, re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives 10th District, Boston
1985
California
- Laird, John (D), City Council, Santa Cruz
New York
- Mains, Tim, Council Member at-Large, Rochester
1986
Louisiana
- Batson, Roberts, Orleans Perish Democratic Executive Committee, February
New Hampshire
- Buckley, Raymond (D), State Representative Ward 8, Manchester
Wisconsin
- Baldwin, Tammy (D), Dane County Board of Supervisors, Madison, April
1987
California
- Brougham, Tom, Director, Peralto Community College District Board, April
North Carolina
- Herzenberg, Joe, came out gradually 1981-85, elected Town City Council, Chapel Hill
1988
California
- Katz, Leslie, San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee
Massachusetts
- Frank, Barney (D), came out in 1987, re-elected to the U.S. Representative, 4th Congressional District, Boston
Washington
- Anderson, Cal (D), House of Representatives, District 42, Seattle
1989
New York
- St. John, Keith, Common Council Alderman 2nd Ward, Albany
1990
California
- Achtenberg, Roberta, Board of Supervisors, San Francisco
- Ammiano, Tom, School Board, San Francisco
- Giuliano, Neil (R), City Council, Tempe
- Hahn, Kenneth, Los Angeles County Assessor, Los Angeles County
- Migden, Carole (D), Board of Supervisors, San Francisco
Maine
- McCormick, Dale, State Senate
New York
- Glick, Deborah (D), Assemblymember District 66, New York City
1991
California
- Horton, Jeff, Los Angeles Board of Education President, Los Angeles
Texas
- Maxey, Glen (D), State Representative, District 51, March Special Election
Washington
- Harris, Sherry, Council Member At-Large, Seattle
1992
California
- Yeager, Ken, San Jose/Evergreen Community College Trustee
New Mexico
- Stephanics, Liz (D), State Senate District 39
Oregon
- Brown, Kate (D), House of Representatives, District 13, Portland
South Carolina
- Schwacke, David (R), Solicitor 9th Circuit, Charleston
Vermont
- Flanagan, Edward (D), State Auditor, Burlington
1993
California
- Kehoe, Christine (D), City Council, San Diego
Maryland
- Williams, Bruce, City Council, Tacoma Park
Massachusetts
- Higgins, Mary Clare, City Council, Northampton
- Reeves, Kenneth, came out December 1992, re-elected to the City Council, Cambridge
- Triatanfillou, Katherine, City Council, Cambridge
Michigan
- Kolb, Chris (D), City Council, Ann Arbor
- Cuthbert, Pam, City Council, Ward 3, Ypsilanti, April
New York
- Shafer, Marilyn, Manhattan Civil Court Judge
- Stewart, Daniel (R), City Council, Plattsburgh
North Carolina
- Nelson, Michael, Board of Alderman, Carrboro
1994
California
- Dumanis, Bonnie (R), Municipal Court Judge, Dan Diego
- Kuehl, Sheila (D), State Assembly, District 41, Santa Monica
- Leal, Susan, Board of Supervisors, San Francisco
- Pettis, Gregory, City of Cathedral County
Illinois
- Chiola, Tom, Cook County Circuit Court Judge, Chicago
New Hampshire
- DeChane, Marlene (D), State Representative District 6, Barrington
New Mexico
- Bushee, Patti, City Council, Santa Fe
Oregon
- Carpenter, Chuck (R), State Representative District 7, Portland
- Eighmey, George (D), State Representative
- Gernant, David, Multnomah County District Court Judge
Washington D.C.
- Sojourner, Sabrina (D), At-Large Seat, Central Democratic Committee, May
Wisconsin
- Gunderson, Steve (R), outed in 1994,
re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
1995
California
- Zeidler, Zeke, Redondo Beach School Board, March
Connecticut
- Zemo, Stephen, Town of Ridgefield Selectman
Florida
- Sigler, Victoria, Dade County Court Judge, January
Iowa
- Crews, Bill, came out in 1993, re-elected Mayor, City of Melbourne
New York
- Kavanaugh, Barbra, City Council, Buffalo
- Lopez, Margarita, Female Democratic District Leader, 63rd Assembly District (B), New York, September
Rhode Island
- Cicillini, David, House of Representatives, Providence
Washington
- Moeller, Jim (D), City Council, Vancouver
- Podlodowski, Tina, City Council Member, Seattle
Wisconsin
- Verveer, Mike, Common Council, Madison, April
1996
Arizona
- Kolbe, Jim (R), came out July 1996, re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, 5th Congressional District, Tucson
California
- McCarthy, Kevin, Superior Court Judge, San Francisco
- Owens, Juanita, President Board of Education, San Francisco
- Radulovich, Tom, Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board, San Francisco
- Tsenin, Kay, Municipal Court Judge, San Francisco
Florida
- Leban, Mark, Dade County Court Judge, September
Illinois
- Patti, Sebastian, Cook County Circuit Court Judge
- McKeon, Lawrence (D), State House of Representatives, 34th District, Chicago
Maine
- Powers, Judy (D), State Representative
New York
- Robinson, Doug, School Board District 2, New York
- Sauer, Larry, School Board District 3, New York
Rhode Island
- Pisaturo, Michael (D), State Representative 21st District, Cranston
Texas
- Frasier, Margo, Sheriff of Travis County, Austin
Washington
- Murray, Ed (D), House of Representatives 43rd District, Seattle
1997
Arizona
- May, Steve (R), State Representative, 26th District, Phoenix
California
- Weinberger, Bill, Charter Commission, Los Angeles, June
Georgia
- Woolard, Cathy, Atlanta City Council, District 6
New Mexico
- Siegle, Linda, Santa Fe Community College Board of Trustees
New York
- Conti, Richard, City Council, Albany
- Quinn, Christine, Speaker, City Council, New York
- Reed, Phil, City Council Member District 8, New York
Ohio
- Escobar, Louis, City Council President, Toledo
- Wiseman, Mary, City Council Member, Dayton
Pennsylvania
- McGill, Jim, Borough Council Member 2nd Ward, Wilkinsburg
Texas
- Parker, Annise, City Council Member At-Large Position 1, Houston, December
Texas
- Loza, John (R), City Councilmember District 12, Dallas, May
Virginia
- Fisette, Jay, Arlington County Board Member, Arlington
Washington, D.C.
- Catania, David, At-Large Councilmember, December Special Election
1998
California
- del Moral, Rosalinda, Democratic Executive Committee 13th District, San Francisco, June
Connecticut
- Mantilla, Evelyn (D), came out in June 1997, re-elected to the State House of Representatives, District 4, Hartford
Maryland
- Stradauskas, Anne, Baltimore County Sheriff
Massachusetts
- Barrios, Jarrett (D), State Representative, District 28, Middlesex
- Malia, Liz (D), State Representative, 11th Suffolk, March
New Hampshire
- Mitchell, McKim (D), State Representative District 3, Chesterfield
Utah
- [[Jackie Biskupski|Biskupski, Jackie]} (D), State Representative District 30, Salt Lake City
Washington, D.C.
- Graham, Jim, Councilmember Ward 1
1999
Florida
- Arnold, Diane, Broward County Dem. Exec. Committee, May
New York
- Sklarz, Melissa, Democratic Council, New York, September
Wisconsin
- Sloan, Matt, Common Council, Madison, April
2000
Florida
- Lee, Robert, Broward County Court Judge, September
- Wiscombe, Randy G., City Council, South Miami
Also see: Index by state for Out and Elected in the USA
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