Your LGBT Election 2008 Headquarters
In 2008, HRC engaged in the largest electoral campaign in the history of the organization — we launched an aggressive $7 million election effort to mobilize and motivate millions of LGBT and allied voters. Read more.
Read Election night's liveblog and view state by state election returns!
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Counting Continues, Long Night Ahead
Some of the results are in with a big win in Kalamazoo, Michigan (upholding a LGBT inclusive non-discrimination ordinance) and disappointing losses in the Gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia. News organizations are also calling New York’s 23rd Congressional district race for Bill Owens, defeating anti-LGBT candidate Doug Hoffman.
Counting continues in Maine but sadly those [...]
Read MorePro-LGBT Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Upheld in Kalamazoo
VICTORY! From an email to volunteers on the One Kalamazoo campaign, campaign manager Jon Hoadley declared victory in their effort to keep a LGBT inclusive non-discrimination ordinance on the books:
“Our campaign started with a very basic idea, and today voters confirmed that we are One Kalamazoo,” said Campaign Manager, Jon Hoadley.
With only absentee ballots outstanding, [...]
Read MoreWA ELECTION REPORT: 2 Hours Left
From HRC’s organizer in Washington State:
Volunteers here in Seattle are still on the phones making sure Washingtonians head to the polls in Pierce county or to one of the many drop sites across the state. Seattle’s numbers will be reported around 8:15PM PST tonight. Since most of the state is mail-in only, most of the [...]
Read MoreNJ ELECTION REPORT: It’s all about Labor, the Yankees, and yes, Corzine
Just a five minute drive from the Holland Tunnel, I arrived at the Hudson County office HQ.
With less than an hour to go before the polls close, every phone line was filled. Our labor allies, SEIUand the teachers remain just as passionate now as they were when some arrived at 5:00am. Yes, [...]
Read MoreMAINE ELECTION REPORT: 90 Minute Countdown
With only an hour and a half left until polls close, we are wasting no time to make sure that every NO vote is cast for question 1. Governor Baldacci just called and wished our canvass team good luck as I sent them for a final round of knocking on doors of people who had [...]
Read MoreNJ ELECTION REPORT: The Final Hours
Today the LGBT community in New Jersey and our friends from New York City have been supporting campaign efforts in the garden state. Bob Zuckerman traveled from Brooklyn to phone bank voters for Governor Jon Corzine because he knows just how much is at stake in this election.
We have called thousands of voters and been working hard knocking on [...]
Read MoreJoe Solmonese on MSNBC Live from Maine
Read MoreWA Election Report: Rush of Last Minute Voters in King County
In King County (where Seattle is located), voting turnout was only at 20 percent going in to Election Day, so it’s great to see lines at the King County Administration building in Seattle where one of several Election Day drop off boxes are located. Many more people are likely to turn in their ballots last [...]
Read MoreVA ELECTION REPORT: GOTV for John Bell
For the past few months, HRC staff and volunteers have been on the ground working hard to elect fair-minded candidates across the Commonwealth of Virginia. Today, HRC staff and volunteers are pushing in these final hours of the campaign to ensure that fair-minded voters get to polls. From knocking on doors, to calling HRC members, [...]
Read MoreNJ ELECTION REPORT: The Great Hudson Crossing
Election Day is in full swing in the Garden State, and HRC volunteers from New York crossed the Hudson River to join me in Hudson County help re-elect Governor Jon Corzine. Mike Silvestri, Mike Rupp, and friends from our coalition partner Broadway Impact — Jenny Kanelos and Sean Martin — joined me at headquarters to [...]
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