The U.S. Senate's first — and soon its only — LGBTQ member appears to have won reelection, but Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) will now find herself as part of the minority party.
Gay Emeryville City Councilmember John Bauters is poised to break through an East Bay political pink glass ceiling, as he's leading for a seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.
San Francisco appears to have reelected its district attorney, city attorney, and sheriff, according to preliminary returns from the San Francisco Department of Elections.
Gay San Jose city councilmember Omar Torres resigned from office shortly after his arrest November 5, the City Council confirmed to the Bay Area Reporter.
Ever since the 2022 school board recalls — and especially considering the abandoned effort to close schools earlier this year — the elections for seats on the San Francisco Board of Education have taken on added weight.
A majority of U.S. voters set aside all evidence of Republican nominee Donald Trump's mental decline, adoration of dictators, criminal convictions, and hostility to the U.S. Constitution and gave him a decisive victory November 5.
Political novice Daniel Lurie — an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune and former nonprofit executive — is leading in the race to become San Francisco mayor.
Among the West Coast U.S. House races being watched by LGBTQ politicos, a queer former Oakland resident has won a Washington State seat while a gay former federal prosecutor is close to flipping a Southern California seat into the Democrats' column.
