Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom has waded into a contentious intraparty fight for a state Senate seat in the Central Valley by throwing his support behind lesbian Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton).

Log Cabin Republicans, the national gay Republican group, made a big splash August 15 when it published an opinion piece in the Washington Post announcing its decision to endorse President Donald Trump for re-election.

Equality California plans to call on the California Democratic Party to censure a state Senate candidate for what it considers to be homophobic campaign tactics, the Bay Area Reporter has learned.

San Francisco's only LGBT citywide municipal officeholder is all but assured of re-election this year, as Treasurer-Tax Collector José Cisneros is once again running unopposed. Cisneros, 63, is seeking a fourth four-year term.

San Bernardino City Unified School District board member Abigail Medina came close in 2016 to winning an Assembly seat in the state's Inland Empire region.

In the first open district attorney race in San Francisco in 110 years, four candidates made their pitches to voters at two recent debates.

Gay South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg was polling fifth out of 24 candidates going into the second round of Democratic presidential debates last week, and he was polling fifth coming out of those forums.

For months Equality California, the statewide LGBT advocacy organization, has been polling its members about which of the Democratic candidates they favor in the 2020 presidential primary race.

Due to fewer Republican incumbents to challenge and not as many open House seats on the 2020 ballot, only a handful of congressional races in California are expected to have LGBT candidates.

Ever since he won a seat on Long Beach's City Council in 2009, Robert Garcia has faced questions about what office he would seek next.

Two gay Bay Area judges are among those tapped to advise California Governor Gavin Newsom on his picks to fill judicial vacancies. Debates set in the San Francisco district attorney race.

A new political club for polyamorous, queer, and kink Democrats is seeking to be officially chartered by local party officials next week.

While the Political Notes column was on hiatus, a gay man became chair of the UC board, gay CA insurance czar landed in hot water, and EQCA endorsed a lesbian's state Senate bid.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave its final approval Tuesday for declaring the Castro neighborhood the city's third LGBTQ cultural district.