Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Texas lesbian elected county district attorney

Valdez to face Cannaday in November
By Tammye Nash - Senior Editor
Apr 10, 2008 - 7:32:33 PM
Lupe ValdezStonewall-endorsed candidate loses Dallas County race, but lesbian wins runoff for Travis DATuesday’s Democratic Primary runoff handed a big disappointment to the Stonewall Democrats of Dallas: Diana L. Lackey, the candidate the organization had endorsed in the race for Dallas County Tax Assessor-Collector, lost to John R. Ames.But the big news in LGBT politics in Texas this week was happening in Travis County, where an openly lesbian candidate was elected district attorney.
Rosemary LehmbergRosemary Lehmberg won 64 percent of the vote to defeat Mindy Montford with 36 percent. Lehmberg has no Republican challenger in the general election.

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