Today's Election & LGBT History

From Think Progress:

• If Barack Obama (D) is re-elected, it’ll be the first time a President has been elected who openly supports marriage equality.
• If Tammy Baldwin (D) wins her Senate race in Wisconsin, she will become the first openly LGBT member of the Senate.
• If Mark Pocan (D) is elected to fill Baldwin’s House seat, it would be the first time an openly LGBT member of Congress is succeeded by another openly LGBT member.
• If Arizona elects Kyrsten Sinema (D) to the House, she will be the first openly bisexual member of Congress.
• If Mark Takano (D) wins his California seat, he will become the first openly LGBT person of color in Congress.
• If Richard Tisei (R) defeats incumbent and LGBT ally John Tierney (D) in Massachusetts, he will be the first Republican elected to Congress who was out to his constituents before running.
• If Maine approves Question 1, it will become the first state to legalize same-sex marriage entirely through a popular vote process.
• If Maryland approves Question 6 and Washington approves Referendum 74, they will also make history as the first states to uphold marriage equality laws at the ballot.
• Minnesota also has the chance to make history by being the first state to defeat a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. (In 2006, Arizona voters did reject a constitutional amendment banning both same-sex marriage and civil unions, but then passed an amendment in 2008 banning only marriage.)
• A number of states could also elect their first openly LGBT state legislators, including Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Delaware, and West Virginia.