Over 150 LGBTQ candidates claim victory in midterm elections
More than 150 LGBTQ candidates emerged victorious with their sexual sin in the midterms as of Friday afternoon. “From the U.S. Congress to governors’ mansions to state legislatures and city councils, we are making historic inroads and growing our political power in ways unimaginable even a few years ago,” former Houston Mayor Annise Parker, now the president and CEO of the Victory Institute and Victory Fund, said in a statement sent to NBC News. “We shattered lavender ceilings, achieved historic firsts and brought more LGBTQ representation to legislative bodies across the nation, which will help push equality forward.” SEXUAL IMMORALITY TYRANTS WILL SOON RULE THE USA Four LGBTQ candidates ran for governor, all Democrats, and two are projected to win. In Colorado, with 99 percent of the votes in as of Friday afternoon, NBC News reported that Jared Polis is ahead of his Republican challenger, Walker Stapleton, with more than 52 percent for the vote. Polis is set to become the first