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Sep 22, 2011
Photo: Courtesy Mark Pocan
The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund has endorsed out state Rep. Mark Pocan in his bid for the Madison-area congressional seat being vacated by Tammy Baldwin to run for the U.S. Senate.
Pocan has served in the Wisconsin Assembly for more than 12 years, during six of which he sat on the state’s powerful budget-writing Joint Finance Committee, including a term as co-chair. He has taken a leadership role among Assembly Democrats, helping to secure a Democratic majority in 2008 for the first time in 14 years.
In addition to Pocan, the Victory Fund has endorsed two other openly gay congressional candidates, including Marko Llias from Washington and Mark Takano from California.
Victory Fund president Chuck Wolfe said the early endorsements signal the group plans to push hard in 2012 to increase the community’s representation in Congress, where currently just four of 535 members are openly LGBT.
The Victory Fund has also endorsed Baldwin in her Senate race.
