Abdul El-Sayed (MI)

Abdul El-Sayed has a history of fighting for equal rights for everyone, including the LGBTQ+ community in Michigan. He has led Detroit’s Ryan White HIV program and partnered with LGBT Detroit to make public health services more open and affirming. Using his public health expertise, he's committed to restoring federal HIV and PrEP funding gutted by the Trump Administration. He is outspoken on trans rights and vows to be a “lion for LGBTQ+ rights” in the Senate.

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Peggy Flanagan (MN)

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan previously earned the HRC PAC’s endorsement during her 2022 re-election campaign. During their tenure, the administration signed key, targeted pro-LGBTQ+ legislation and executive actions including banning the discredited practice commonly known as conversion therapy. Flanagan has pledged to support the Equality Act, landmark LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination legislation, in the U.S. Senate.

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Roy Cooper (NC)

As Governor of North Carolina, Roy Cooper has worked to create thousands of new jobs and worked with members of both parties to enact hundreds of bipartisan bills. He succeeded in getting a bipartisan agreement to expand Medicaid and enacted a plan to incentivize hospitals to relieve more than $4 billion of existing medical debt for 2 million eligible North Carolinians and prevent new debt.

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Jon Ossoff (GA)

Senator Ossoff’s legislative achievements include laws to protect children online; to strengthen public safety; to tackle the opioid epidemic and prevent fentanyl trafficking across the Southern Border; to investigate unsolved lynchings and Civil Rights murders; to strengthen mental health care services for veterans; and to fight corruption and improve security in U.S. prisons.

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Chris Pappas (NH)

New Hampshire’s first openly LGBTQ+ member of Congress, Chris Pappas is now running to keep an open Senate seat in the pro-equality column. He is working to advance key civil rights priorities—such as passing the Equality Act and securing benefits for LGBTQ+ veterans—and will continue to work to make New Hampshire more affordable for all its residents.

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Sherrod Brown (OH)

Longtime champion Sen. Sherrod Brown is running against an appointed, anti-equality senator in Ohio for the seat JD Vance vacated to be Trump's vice president. Sen. Brown has been a champion for LGBTQ+ rights for decades, and will stand with the community and work to pass the Equality Act.

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James Talarico (TX)

James Talarico is committed to fixing real problems for families across the state. LGBTQ+ Texans deserve someone who rejects the politics of fear and division and stands up for them—for their freedom and for their futures. HRC is proud to endorse James Talarico and activate our over two million Texas Equality Voters to help bring new leadership to the Senate.

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