Saturday, May 3, 2008

Four openly gay candidates run for Ga. legislature

By MATT SCHAFER
Southern Voice

State Rep. Karla Drenner (D-Avondale Estates) won her fifth term in office at noon May 2 as qualifying for the 2008 general election closed without either a Democrat or Republican signing up to seek her House District 86 seat.

As qualifying closed, the odds increased that Drenner would have another gay lawmaker to join her at the state Capitol as three openly gay people will seek seats in the state legislature. On the last day, Georgia Equality board member and Democrat Kevin Clark qualified for the state Senate District 2 seat. He faces two opponents in the primary, Bettye Anne Battiste and Lester Jackson.

Moments after qualifying ended, businessperson Keith Gross announced he is seeking to be the first openly gay man in the Georgia General Assembly, and Keisha Waites announced her candidacy for House District 61 Monday.

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