Human Rights Campaign endorses 14 Senators, candidates for '08

[Ian David]

Human Rights Campaign endorses 14 Senators, candidates for '08
Nick Juliano
Published: Monday April 28, 2008

After a 2006 election in which it helped get the most viciously anti-gay politician serving in the US Senate booted from office, the Human Rights Campaign says right-wing fear based assaults on equal rights for gays and lesbians are no longer as relevant as they were even a decade ago.

The gay rights group on Monday endorsed 14 Senators or candidates for Senate it says will continue advancing the issues it cares about. In 2006, the HRC and its 700,000 members were involved in 200 House and Senate races, of which its candidates won 94 percent of the time, said the organization's president Joe Solmonese. Hoping to duplicate that success rate, HRC announced a national mobilizing effort for this year's elections, headquarted at a new Web site, hrc.org/yeartowin.

"Anti-gay messages do not have the political potency they once had," Solmonese said.

Senators and candidates endorsed by the HRC this year are: Max Baucus, D-MT; Joe Biden, D-DE; Susan Collins, R-ME; Dick Durbin, D-IL; Al Franken, D-MN; Tom Harkin, D-IA; John Kerry, D-MA; Mary Landrieu, D-LA; Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ; Carl Levin, D-MI; Jack Reed, D-RI; Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH; Mark Udall, D-CO; and Tom Udall, D-NM.

HRC has not yet announced its endorsements in House races.

More:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Begala_Dont_ask_dont_tell_can_0428.html

[gateley]

1. Thanks! Recommend!

[hulklogan]

2. Why didn't they endorse Jim Neal, a real life GLBT American running for Senate in NC?

I couldn't find anything on the HRC website explaining their reasons for endorsing in some races and not in others.