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US Senate races: Where LGBT support matters

Control of the U.S. Senate is, in many ways, more important to the future of the LGBT movement than the White House. So, it is no surprise that LGBT groups are focusing in on key Senate contests. Here's a look

How the field looks going around the last turn before Iowa

Here's how the debate, data, and dollars stack up for the top Democratic presidential hopefuls following Tuesday night's debate -the last before Iowa's February 3 caucuses.

Buttigieg makes historic surge to top in Iowa polling

Openly gay presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is nine points ahead in polling in Iowa for the Democratic nomination --a 16-point surge since September.

LGBT debate: candidates grilled on the past

Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Elizabeth Warren seemed to draw the warmest applause Friday night at the first national LGBT forum for presidential candidates.

Post-debate analysis: Buttigieg shows staying power

Openly gay presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg did not score any big points in last Thursday's national Democratic debate, but he's showing other signs that his campaign is in the race for the long haul.

The implausible rise of Pete Buttigieg

With an unusually large field of popular and well-known Democrats running for the party's nomination for president, everyone, including openly gay presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg are surprised at how well he has caught on with voters.

Iowa poll finds LGBT issue important In deciding who to support in caucuses

LGBT issues have come up relatively little in the current presidential primary campaigns, but a poll out of Iowa last week says such issues do have an important influence in who likely caucus goers will choose to support. The first

Cruz says gay florist should be able to refuse service to evangelical

Republican presidential hopeful told a gathering last Friday that a gay florist should be able to refuse service to an evangelical couple if the florist disagrees with the couple's faith.

Key mid-term race to watch is the Kentucky senate, where prospects for ENDA could hinge on McConnell

Most of the pundits are saying Republicans will take over the U.S. Senate and keep the House in the November 4 elections. If they’re right –and there is some room for doubt—the Employment Non-Discrimination Act will likely have to undergo

Sunday Speed: Va. stay expires Thursday

The Supreme Court could decide this week whether to extend a stay of a Fourth Circuit ruling that, if not extended, will expire Thursday morning, enabling same-sex couples to marry in Virginia and, perhaps, in other Fourth Circuit states. The