Eastern Connecticut
sees wave of gay Republican candidates for state House
Published
September 28. 2018 6:38PM | Updated September 28. 2018 10:57PM
In eastern
Connecticut, four state House of Representative candidates have added three
letters to the LGBTQ acronym: GOP.
John Scott, Ken
Richards, Shaun Mastroianni and A.J. Kerouac are among the six gay candidates
statewide who are running as Republicans for the state legislature.
Democrats make up
78.4 percent of LGBTQ elected officials nationwide compared to 2.9 percent for
Republicans, according to a recent report from the Victory Institute, a
political action committee that seeks to increase the number of LGBTQ elected
officials. From November 2017 to this June, the number LGBTQ elected officials
rose by 24.8 percent overall while falling by 15.7 percent among Republicans.
So, what makes
Connecticut different?
Rainbow Wave In
Connecticut: GOP Fields 6 LGBTQ Candidates For Legislature In General Election
