Election 2006

Well, now the election is over we can sit back and see how the country will change as the new senators and congressmen and women take their seats and new laws are written into state constitutions. Of course I’m going to focus on the gay-related results.

Victories:
Well, we’ve now got a strong force in both the Senate and House as well as state governors. According to the Human Rights Campaign we have won 18 pro-gay Senate seats, 179 House seats and 11 Governorships. Also Arizona voters made history with the only defeat of a gay marriage ban in the election.

Loses:
Despite the gains there were a few negative results from the election. Seven of the eight states that had a ban on gay marriage passed the initiative. Also 16 pro-gay candidates lost their races.

Undecided:
Lastly there are obviously going to be some races that are too close to call at this point, namely a Senate seat for Virginia and a House seat for New Mexico as well as a few state legislatures.

All in all I think that the voters did a good job with things. Although there were marriage bans passed, with the force we now have in the Senate and House we should be able to work for something better.

~ by Ryan on November 8, 2006.