HRC endorses 14 for U.S. Senate

By JOSHUA LYNSEN, Washington Blade

The Human Rights Campaign is endorsing 14 contenders for U.S. Senate, but an openly gay candidate from North Carolina is not among them.

HRC endorsed Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont), who scored 67 on the last HRC scorecard; Joe Biden (D-Del.), who scored 78; Susan Collins (R-Maine), who scored 78; Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who scored 89; Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who scored 78; John Kerry (D-Mass.), who scored 100; Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who scored 89; Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), who scored 100; Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who scored 78; and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), who scored 89.

Also endorsed were the Senate campaigns of Reps. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), who scored 100 on the last scorecard, and Tom Udall (D-N.M.), who scored 75. Senate candidates Al Franken of Minnesota and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, both Democrats, rounded out the endorsement list.

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