Comments on: Gay activist loses bid for Congress in Michigan

By: Brendon

Brendon — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:57:01 +0000

Trevor had over 41 percent of the vote, but thanks.

By: brandon m

brandon m — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:02:03 +0000

it actually ended up being pestka 60, thomas 39

By: Peter Rosenstein

Peter Rosenstein — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:36:42 +0000

We are all proud of the race that Trevor Thomas ran.

He had the endorsements of five members of Congress and Planned Parenthood among others. The shame was that the Victory Fund didn’t endorse him. I am a strong supporter of the Victory Fund but there has to be a way that young men like Trevor who has devoted years to working on behalf of the LGBT community are endorsed. As it turned out Trevor got nearly 45% of the vote without their help and who knows what he could have done had the Victory Fund helped him raise the needed funds.

This is a loss for our community and for the Democratic Party. Democrats have to stop endorsing politicians who end up siding with Republicans against women and who are not strong supporters of the LGBT community and strong Party issues.

Trevor ran a great race and I predict that one day Trevor will be in Congress and we will all be better for that.

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