Colorado elected the first openly gay governor in US history on
Tuesday.
Democrat Jared Polis, a congressman from the state’s second
district, received 51 percent of the vote compared with state
treasurer Walker Stapleton’s 45 percent.
Polis mentioned his support for gay rights on the campaign
trail.
“I think it really gives Colorado an opportunity to stick a
thumb in the eye of Mike Pence, whose view of America is not as
inclusive as where America is today,” Polis said during a speech
this year.
Polis is the first gay person elected to the position. Former
New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey came out as gay while in office in
2004.
The Kentucky county clerk who gained notoriety for refusing to
sign the marriage licenses of gay couples lost her re-election bid
Tuesday to a Democratic opponent.
Republican Kim Davis, who was jailed for five days in 2015 for
refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, lost her seat as
Rowan County Clerk to Democrat Elwood Caudill Jr. by 700
votes, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.
Caudill ran in his Democratic primary against one of the people
denied a marriage license by Davis, David Ernold, who raised more
than $200,000 in campaign donations.
After his loss, Ermold declined to throw his support behind
Caudill, calling him a homophobe.
But Caudill denied the allegation and promised to treat
everybody equally in his role as clerk.
Following her refusal to issue the licences, citing her
religious beliefs, Davis rose to prominence among Republicans,
earning recognition from former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). She also attended President Trump’s first joint address
to Congress in 2017.
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