6% of our nation's governors are openly gay...

[NoleATL]

Now, give me a cookie.

The Oregonian reports:

Democrat Tina Kotek has won the race for Oregon governor, defeating Republican Christine Drazan. It was a hard-fought and expensive win by Democrats, who have a huge party registration advantage in Oregon but faced strong headwinds this year amid voter frustration at problems including homelessness, violent crime and lackluster delivery of government programs and services. Kotek’s win affirms just how difficult it is for a Republican candidate to win election to the state’s highest office, which Republicans last held in 1987.

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Kotek will join incumbent Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Massachusetts governor-elect Maura Healey as the nation’s third openly gay top state official.

She will succeed term-limited Democratic Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, who is openly bisexual.

Kotek was Oregon’s first openly gay and longest-serving speaker of the state House, a position she held from 2013 through 2022.

 

[FlickShagwell]

What percentage of Americans are openly gay?

(NTTATWWT)

 

[Gonolz]

We need more open politicians. Too many seem to try to keep secrets.

 

[The Tradition]

I was told there would be no math.gif

 

[HawkRugged17]

 

[Moral]

Only a matter of time before they get busted having straight sex in the airport.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Now, give me a cookie.

The Oregonian reports:


Read the full article.

Kotek will join incumbent Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Massachusetts governor-elect Maura Healey as the nation’s third openly gay top state official.

She will succeed term-limited Democratic Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, who is openly bisexual.

Kotek was Oregon’s first openly gay and longest-serving speaker of the state House, a position she held from 2013 through 2022.

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She looks like what Warren Buffett wishes he looked like.

 

[FlickShagwell]

Only a matter of time before they get busted having straight sex in the airport.

They just have wide stances!

 

[lucas80]

100 percent of the senators from South Carolina are gay, just deeply in the closet.

 

[lucas80]

Kotek does look a bit like she could be a character on Portlandia.

 

[Colonoscopy]

The gays do better in education and make more money.

Gay Men Used to Earn Less than Straight Men; Now They Earn More

For 20 years, nearly all the studies on gay men in the workplace have found an identical result: comparing the earnings of two men with similar education profiles, years of experience, skills, and job responsibilities, gay men consistently earns less than straight men (between 5% and 10% less)...

hbr.org

Gay men outperform straight counterparts in nearly every academic measure, study finds

Lesbians, however, perform more poorly than straight women in a number of academic measures, according to a study published in the American Sociological Review.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Polis is a great governor. Was happy to see him rewarded with a big win.

 

[Colonoscopy]

So what's it say about our society that gays and lesbians do better in education and make more money than their straight peers?

 

[Fan In Black]

I wish all other dudes but me were gay