List of the first LGBT holders of political offices in the United States

List of the first LGBT holders of political offices in the United States.

As of 2015:

• all 50 states have been served by openly LGBT elected politicians in some capacity;^[1]
• at least 41 states have elected openly LGBT politicians to one or both houses of their state legislature;
• only one state governor has ever come out as gay;
• no openly LGBT United States president has ever been elected to office.
• no openly LGBT person has been named or served as a federal Cabinet member^[2]

Federal

Congress

• U.S. Representative (first out congressperson and Democrat): Gerry Studds^[3] (MA-12, MA-10) - served 1973–1997, outed 1983
• U.S. Representative (first to voluntarily come out): Barney Frank (MA-4) – served 1980–2013, came out in 1987
• U.S. Representative (first out Republican): Steve Gunderson (WI-3) – served 1981–1997, outed 1994
• U.S. Representative (first Republican to voluntarily come out): Jim Kolbe (AZ-5) – served 1985–2007, came out 1996
• U.S. Representative (out when first elected, female): Tammy Baldwin (WI-2) – served 1999–2013
• U.S. Representative (out when first elected, male): Jared Polis (CO-2) – served 2009–present
• U.S. Representative (out when first elected), first openly bisexual member of Congress: Kyrsten Sinema – elected 2012 ^[4]
• U.S. Representative (out when first elected), first to succeed another openly-gay officeholder in office: Mark Pocan (WI-2) – elected 2012, succeeded Tammy Baldwin
• U.S. Representative (out when first elected), first non-white openly gay member of Congress: Mark Takano (CA-41) – elected 2012
• U.S. Congressional committee chair: Gerry Studds – chair of House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 1990–1995
• U.S. Senate (first openly LGBT U.S. Senator, out when first elected): Tammy Baldwin – elected 2012, lesbian, representing Wisconsin ^[5]

By state delegation

• Arizona
  • Rep. Jim Kolbe (R) – served 1985–2007; was outed in 1996 following his vote for the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act
  • Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D) – bisexual, elected 2012
• California:
  • Rep. Michael Huffington (R) – served 1993–1995; came out as bisexual in 1998
  • Rep. Mark Takano (D) – elected 2012
• Colorado:
  • Rep. Jared Polis (D) – elected 2008
• Connecticut
  • Rep. Stewart McKinney (R) – served 1971–1987; died of AIDS in 1987 and was actively, though not openly, bisexual
• Florida:
  • Rep. Mark Foley (R) – served 1995–2006, sexuality revealed by lawyer after resignation in 2006 due to sending explicit texts to a 16-year-old United States House of Representatives Page
• Maine:
  • Rep. Mike Michaud (D) - served 2003-2015, came out as gay in 2013 while running for Governor of Maine.
• Maryland:
  • Rep. Robert Bauman (R) – served 1973–1981; sexuality revealed after soliciting sex from a 16-year-old male prostitute
• Massachusetts:
  • Rep. Gerry Studds (D) – served 1973–1997; came out involuntary in 1983 due to sexual relations with a 17-year-old United States House of Representatives Page (see 1983 congressional page sex scandal)
  • Rep. Barney Frank (D) – served 1980–2013; came out voluntarily in 1987 after Steve Gobie, a male prostitute who Frank had hired for sex and who later became his friend, personal assistant, and housekeeper, tried to sell his story to the Washington Times
• Mississippi
  • Rep. Jon Hinson (R) – served 1979–1981; sexuality revealed after he was arrested February 5, 1981, and charged with sodomy^[6] for performing oral sex on a male employee of the Library of Congress in a restroom of the House of Representatives, leading him to resign
• New York:
  • Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D) – elected 2012^[7]
• Rhode Island:
  • Rep. David Cicilline (D) – elected 2010
• Wisconsin:
  • Senator: Tammy Baldwin (female) (D) – elected 2012
  • Representative: Tammy Baldwin (female) (D) – served 1999–2013
  • Representative: Steve Gunderson (male) (R) – served 1981–1997; came out involuntarily 1994
  • Representative: Mark Pocan (D) – elected 2012; out when elected

Diplomacy

• Ambassador: James Hormel – served 1999–2001 in Luxembourg

State

• State governor:
  • New Jersey: Jim McGreevey (D)^[8] – came out 2004 (during the same speech in which he resigned as Governor)
  • Oregon: Kate Brown (D) (America's first openly bisexual statewide officeholder) – ascended to office in 2015 after previous governor resigned
• Secretary of State:
  • California: Tony Miller (male) (D) - appointed in 1994; lost election in 1994
• State comptroller:
  • Vermont: Ed Flanagan (D) – elected 1992
  • Connecticut: Kevin Lembo (D) – elected 2010
• State treasurer:
  • Maine: Dale McCormick (D) – elected (by the legislature) 1996
• State Corporation Commission:
  • Oklahoma: Jim Roth (D) - appointed by Governor 2007, lost election for remainder of term in 2009
• State legislative leaders:
  • Presiding officer: Minnesota Sen. Allan H. Spear (D) – elected senate president 1993
  • Speaker: Rhode Island Rep. Gordon D. Fox (D) – elected speaker 2010

State officers by state

Legislative officials

• California:
  • House Speaker: Rep. John Pérez (D) (elected 2010)
• Colorado:
  • House Speaker: Mark Ferrandino (D) (2012)
  • House Minority Leader: Mark Ferrandino (D) (2011)
• Hawaii:
  • House Majority Leader: Rep. Blake Oshiro (D) (elected 2008, came out 2011)
• Massachusetts:
  • Senate Minority Leader: Sen. Richard Tisei (R) (elected 2007, came out 2010)
  • Senate Majority Leader: Sen. Stan Rosenberg (D) (elected 2013, came out 2009)
• Minnesota:
  • Senate President: Sen. Allan Spear (D) (1993)
• Missouri:
  • Senate Minority Floor Leader: Sen. Jolie Justus (D) (2012)
• Oregon:
  • House Speaker: Rep. Tina Kotek (D) – America's first openly lesbian House speaker (elected as Oregon's House speaker in 2012) ^[9]
• Rhode Island:
  • House Speaker: Rep. Gordon D. Fox (D) (2010)
• Washington:
  • Senate Majority Leader: Sen. Ed Murray (D) (2012)

State legislators

The legislatures of 42 states have had at least one openly LGBT member; the first out person to serve in each of those states is listed here. The eight remaining states that have never had an openly LGBT state legislator are Alaska, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

• Alabama:
  • Rep. Patricia Todd (D) – elected 2006

• Arizona:
  • Rep. (later Sen.) Kenneth D. Cheuvront (D) – elected 1994

• Arkansas:
  • Rep. Kathy Webb (D) – elected 2006

• California:
  • Assemblywoman (later Sen.) Sheila Kuehl (female) (D) – elected 1994 to House; elected to Senate in 2000
  • Assemblymen John Laird and Mark Leno (later Sen.) (male) (D) - elected 2002 to House; Leno elected to Senate in 2002
  • Rep. John Pérez (male) (D) – first Speaker, appointed 2010
  • Assemblywoman Toni Atkins (female) (D) - Speaker, elected 2014

• Colorado:
  • Rep. (later Sen.)Jennifer Veiga (female) (D) – came out 2002
  • Rep. Mark Ferrandino (male) (D) – elected 2007; elected House Minority Leader 2011; became Speaker 2012
  • Sen. Pat Steadman (male) (D) – elected 2009
  • Sen. Lucía Guzmán (female) (D) – elected 2010

• Connecticut:
  • Rep. Joseph S. Grabarz Jr (D) – came out 1990
  • Evelyn Mantilla (D) – came out as America's first openly bisexual state official in 1997.^[10][11]
  • Senator Beth Bye (D) - elected to state House in 2007, Senate in 2011; part of first gay couple to marry in Connecticut in 2008

• Delaware:
  • Sen. Karen E. Peterson (D) - came out 2013

• Florida:
  • Rep. David Richardson (D) – elected 2012^[5]
  • Rep. Joe Saunders (D) – elected 2012

• Georgia:
  • Rep. Karla Drenner (female) (D) – elected 2000
  • Rep. Rashad Taylor (male) (D) – elected 2008, came out 2011

• Hawaii:
  • Rep. Joe Bertram (male) (D) – elected 2006
  • Rep. Georgette Jo Jordan (female) (Dem) - appointed January 2011; elected November 2012
  • Rep. Blake Oshiro (D) – first House Majority Leader, came out 2010

• Idaho:
  • Female: Rep. (later Sen.) Nicole LeFavour (D) – elected 2004
  • Male: Rep. John McCrostie (D) - elected 2014

• Illinois:
  • Rep. Larry McKeon (male) (D) – elected 1996
  • Rep. Deb Mell (female) (D) – elected 2009

• Iowa:
  • Sen. Matt McCoy (D) – came out 2004

• Kentucky:
  • Sen. Ernesto Scorsone (D) – came out 2003

• Maine:
  • Sen. Dale McCormick (D) – elected 1990

• Maryland:
  • Del. Maggie McIntosh (female) (D) – came out 2001 ^[12]
  • Del. Richard Madaleno (male) (D) - elected 2002

• Massachusetts:
  • Rep. Elaine Noble (female) (D) – elected 1974
  • Rep. (later Sen.) Jarrett Barrios (male) (D) – elected to House 1999, elected to Senate 2003
  • Rep. Althea Garrison (R) – elected 1993, first transgender person elected to a state legislature in the United States.
  • Sen. Cheryl Jacques (D) – elected 1993

• Michigan:
  • Rep. Chris Kolb - elected 2000

• Minnesota:
  • Sen. Allan Spear (male) (D) – elected 1972, came out December 1974
  • Rep. Karen Clark (female) (D) – elected 1981, out when first elected^[13]
  • Sen. Paul Koering (male) (R) - elected 2002; "came out" 2005; re-elected in 2006

• Missouri:
  • Rep. Tim Van Zandt (male) (D) – elected 1994
  • Rep. Jeanette Oxford (female) (D) - elected 2004
  • Rep. Zachary Wyatt (male) (R) – elected 2010; came out 2012
  • Sen. Jolie Justus (female) (D) – elected 2007

• Montana:
  • Rep. Diane Sands (female) (D) – appointed 1996
  • Rep. Bryce Bennett (male) (D) - elected 2010

• Nevada:
  • Assemblyman (now Sen.) David Parks (D) (male) – elected 1996
  • Senator Patricia Spearman (female) (D) - elected 2012

• New Hampshire:
  • Rep. Raymond Buckley (D) – elected 1986
  • Sen. David Pierce (D) – elected 2012^[5]
  • Chris Pappas (D) – elected 2012, first LGBT person ever elected to the New Hampshire Executive Council

• New Jersey:
  • Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D) – came out 2006

• New Mexico:
  • Sen. Liz Stefanics (female) (D) – elected 1992
  • Sen. Jacob Candelaria (male) (D) – elected 2012

• New York:
  • Rep. Deborah Glick (female) (D) – elected 1990
  • Sen. Thomas Duane (male) (D) – elected 1998
  • Rep. Micah Kellner (male; bisexual) (D) – elected 2007

• North Carolina:
  • Sen. Julia Boseman (D) – elected 2004
  • Rep. Marcus Brandon (male) (D) – elected 2010

• North Dakota:
  • Rep. Joshua Boschee (D) – elected 2012^[5]

• Ohio:
  • Rep. Nickie Antonio (D) – elected 2010
  • Rep. Tim Brown (R) – elected 2012

• Oklahoma:
  • Rep. (now Sen.) Al McAffrey (male) (D) – elected 2006; elected first state senator 2012
  • Rep. Kay Floyd (female) (D) – elected 2012

• Oregon:
  • Rep. Gail Shibley (female) D) – appointed 1991; elected 1992
  • Rep. George Eighmey (male) (D) - appointed 1993; elected 1994
  • Sen. Kate Brown (female/bisexual) (D) - elected 1996

• Pennsylvania:
  • Rep. Mike Fleck (R) – elected 2007, came out 2012
  • Rep. Brian Sims (D) – elected (while out) 2012 ^[5]
  • Sen. Jim Ferlo (D) - came out 2014 ^[14]

• Rhode Island:
  • Sen. William P. Fitzpatrick (D) – elected 1992, ran as openly gay; statewide publicity after election
  • Rep. Mike Pisaturo (male) (D) - elected 1996
  • Rep. Nancy Hetherington (female) (D) - elected 1994 but "came out" in 2001
  • Sen. Donna Nesselbush (female) (D) - elected 2010

• South Dakota:
  • Sen. Angie Buhl (D) (bisexual) – elected 2011, came out 2012 ^[1]

• Texas:
  • Rep. Glen Maxey (male) (D) – elected 1991
  • Rep. Mary Gonzalez (female) (D) – elected 2012; first openly pansexual elected official in the United States^[15]

• Utah:
  • Rep. Jackie Biskupski (female) (D) – elected 1998
  • Sen. Scott McCoy (male) (D) – elected 2005

• Vermont:
  • Rep. Ron Squires (D) – elected 1990
  • Rep. Suzi Wizowaty (female) (D) - elected 2008
  • Sen. Ed Flanagan (male) (D) – elected 2005

• Virginia:
  • Del. (now Sen.) Adam Ebbin (D) – elected 2003; elected first state senator 2011

• Washington State:
  • Rep. (later Sen.) Cal Anderson (D) – appointed 1987
  • Rep. Laurie Jinkins (female) (D) – elected 2010

• West Virginia:
  • Rep. Stephen Skinner (D) – elected 2012^[5]

• Wisconsin:
  • Rep. (later Sen.) Tim Carpenter (male) (D) – elected to Assembly in 1984, came out in 2001, elected to Senate in 2002
  • Rep. (later U.S. Sen.) Tammy Baldwin (female; lesbian) (D) – elected 1993
  • Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa (female; bisexual) (D) – elected 2010; came out 2012

• Wyoming:
  • Rep. Cathy Connolly (D) – elected 2008

Territorial legislators

• Guam:
  • Sen. Benjamin Cruz (D) – elected 2008^[16]

Local

Executive

• First mayor of a U.S. state capital: David Cicilline, Providence, Rhode Island – 2002
• Largest city (in the country) with a lesbian mayor: Annise Parker, Houston, Texas – 2009
• Largest city with a gay male mayor: Ed Murray, Seattle, Washington – 2014
• First transgender mayor: Stu Rasmussen, Silverton, Oregon – 2008

By state

• Arizona
  • Tempe
    • Mayor: Neil Giuliano, 1994−2004
• California
  • Calistoga
    • Mayor: Chris Canning
  • Campbell
    • Mayor: Evan Low
  • Laguna Beach
    • Mayor: Robert F. Gentry, elected 1983, 1988, 1991
  • Mountain View
    • Mayor: Chris Clark
  • Palm Springs
    • Mayor: Ron Oden
  • Redondo Beach
    • Mayor: Mike Gin
  • Sierra Madre
    • Mayor: Joe Mosca
  • Vallejo
    • Mayor: Gary Cloutier
• Connecticut
  • New London
    • Mayor: Daryl Justin Finizio
  • Hartford
    • Mayor: Pedro Segarra
• Delaware
  • Delaware City
    • Mayor: John Buchheit
• Florida
  • Palm Beach County
    • Mayor: J.P. Sasser - 2002 - 2008, 2010 - 2013 ^[17]
  • Broward County
    • Mayor: Ken Keechl
  • Gainesville
    • Mayor: Craig Lowe
• Iowa
  • Melbourne Bill Crews
• Kentucky
  • Lexington
    • Mayor: Jim Gray
  • Vicco
    • Mayor: Johnny Cummings
• Maryland
  • Salisbury
    • Mayor: Jim Ireton
• Massachusetts
  • Attleboro
    • Mayor: Kevin Dumas (male), elected 2003
  • Cambridge
    • Kenneth Reeves (male), elected 1992
    • E. Denise Simmons (female), elected 2008
  • Holyoke
    • Mayor: Alex Morse, elected 2011
• Michigan
  • Ferndale
    • Mayor: Craig Covey
• Mississippi
  • Southaven
    • Mayor: Greg Davis (came out in 2011)
• New Jersey
  • Asbury Park
    • Mayor: Edward Johnson, elected 2009
  • Chatham Borough
    • Mayor: Bruce Harris, elected 2011
  • Long Hill Township
    • Mayor: Gina Genovese, elected 2005
  • Neptune Township
    • Mayor: Randy Bishop
  • Maywood
    • Mayor: Tim Eustace
• New Mexico
  • Santa Fe
    • Mayor: Javier Gonzales
• North Carolina
  • Carrboro
    • Mayor: Mike Nelson, elected 1995
  • Chapel Hill
    • Mayor: Mark Kleinschmidt, elected 2009
• Oregon
  • Portland
    • Sam Adams
  • Silverton
    • Stu Rasmussen (transgender)
• Rhode Island
  • Providence
    • Mayor: David Cicilline
  • Richmond
    • Mayor: Benjamin Joseph Reddish III
• Texas
  • Houston
    • Mayor: Annise Parker, elected 2009
• Utah
  • Big Water
    • Mayor: Willy Marshall
• Washington
  • Seattle, Washington
    • Mayor: Ed Murray
  • Shoreline, Washington
    • Mayor: Keith McGlashan

Legislative

• City Councilmembers: Nancy Wechsler, Jerry DeGrieck (Ann Arbor) – came out 1973
• City Councilmember (out when first elected): Kathy Kozachenko (Ann Arbor) – elected 1974
• City-County Supervisor: Harvey Milk (City and County of San Francisco) – out when elected in 1977 (assassinated), 1st openly gay person elected to public office in California.
• City Councilmember: Ricardo Gonzalez (Madison, Wisconsin) – first out elected Hispanic official in the country 1989
• City Councilmember (transgender): Joanne Conte (Arvada, Colorado) – trans woman, served on Arvada City Council from 1991 to 1995
• City Councilmember: Marlene Pray (bisexual) joined Doylestown, Pennsylvania council in 2012, resigned 2013; first openly bisexual office holder in Pennsylvania ^[18][19]
• City Council Speaker: Christine Quinn (elected 2006)

By state

• Arizona
  • Phoenix
    • Councilmember: Tom Simplot
• California
  • Berkeley
    • Councilmember: Kriss Worthington
  • Long Beach
    • Councilmember: Gerrie Schipske (female), out when elected 2006
  • Los Angeles (city)
    • Councilmember: Joel Wachs (male), elected 1971, came out 1999
    • Councilmember: Bill Rosendahl (male), out when elected 2005
    • Councilmember: Jackie Goldberg (female), elected 1994
  • Los Angeles County
    • Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors: Sheila Kuehl, elected 2014.
  • Oakland
    • Councilmember: Danny Wan
  • Palm Springs
    • Councilmember: Ron Oden, elected 1995
  • Petaluma
    • Gabe Kearney
  • Sacramento
    • Councilmember: Steve Hansen elected 2012
  • San Diego
    • Councilmember: Christine Kehoe, elected 1993
  • San Francisco
    • City-County San Francisco Board of Supervisors: Harvey Milk, January 1978−November 1978 (assassinated).
  • Watsonville
    • Councilmember: Jimmy Dutra, elected 2014
• Colorado
  • Arvada
    • Councilmember: Joanne Conte (transgender)
  • Denver
    • Councilmember: Robin Kniech, elected 2011
  • Lakewood
    • Councilmember: Karen Kellen
• Delaware
  • Sussex County
    • Register in Chancery John F. Brady, elected 2000
• District of Columbia
  • Councilmember: David Catania
• Florida
  • Hillsborough County
    • County Commissioner: Kevin Beckner
  • St. Petersburg
    • Councilmember: Steve Kornell
  • Wilton Manors
    • Councilmember: John Fiore
• Georgia
  • Atlanta
    • Councilmember: Alex Wan (male), elected 2010
    • Councilmember: Cathy Woolard, elected 1997
    • City Council President: Cathy Woolard, elected 2002
  • Decatur
    • Commissioner: Kecia Cunningham
  • Doraville
    • Councilmember: Brian L. Bates
  • East Point
    • Councilmember: Lance Rhodes
  • Milton
    • Councilmeber: Alan Tart
• Illinois
  • Chicago:
    • Alderman: Tom Tunney, elected 2003
  • Springfield
    • Alderman: Cory Jobe, elected 2011
• Indiana
  • Indianapolis
    • Councilmember: Zach Adamson
• Iowa
  • Davenport
    • Councilmember: Bill Boom^[20]
• Maine
  • Portland
    • Councilmember: Barb Wood, elected 1987
• Maryland
  • College Park
    • Councilmember: Patrick Wojahn
• Massachusetts
  • Easthampton
    • Councilmember:Joseph P McCoy
  • Holyoke
    • Councilmember: Timothy Purington
  • New Bedford
    • Councilmember: Joe DeMedeiros
• Michigan
  • Ann Arbor
    • Councilmember: Kathy Kozachenko
    • Councilmember: Jerry DeGrieck
• Minnesota
  • Duluth
    • Councilmember: Jeff Anderson
  • Moorhead
    • Councilmember: Greg Lemke
• Montana
  • Missoula
    • Councilmember: Caitlin Copple
• New Jersey
  • Asbury Park
    • Councilmember: John Loffredo
    • Councilmember: Amy Quinn
    • Councilmember: Susan Henderson
  • Jersey City
    • Councilmember: Ray Velazquez
• New York
  • Rochester
    • Councilmember: Tim Mains, elected 1985
  • New York City
    • Councilmembers: Antonio Pagán and Thomas Duane, both elected in 1991
    • Speaker of the City Council: Christine Quinn
  • Suffolk County
    • Councilmember: Jon Cooper
  • Troy
    • Councilmember: Ken Zalewski
• North Carolina
  • Carrboro
    • Alderwoman: Lydia Lavelle
  • Chapel Hill
    • Councilmember: Mark Kleinschmidt, elected 2001
  • Charlotte
    • Councilmember: LaWana Mayfield, elected 2011
• Ohio
  • Cincinnati
    • Councilmember: Chris Seelbach
• Pennsylvania
  • Harrisburg
    • Councilmember: Daniel C. Miller
  • New Hope Borough
    • Councilmember: Geri Delevich
  • Philadelphia
    • Councilmember: John C. Anderson, elected 1979
  • Pittsburgh
    • Councilmember: Bruce Kraus
• South Carolina
  • Charleston County
    • Councilmember: Colleen Condon, came out 2013^[21]
• Tennessee
  • Chattanooga
    • Councilmeber: Chris Anderson, elected 2013^[22]
  • Nashville
    • Councilmember: Keith Durbin
• Texas
  • Austin
    • Councilmember: Randi Shade
  • Dallas
    • Councilmember: Craig McDaniel^[23]
  • Fort Worth
    • Councilmember: Joel Burns
  • Houston
    • Councilmember: Annise Parker (female), elected 1997
    • Councilmember: Mike Laster (male), elected 2011
    • Councilmember: Sue Lovell (female), elected 2011
• Virginia
  • Blacksburg
    • Councilmember: Michael Sutphin, elected 2011
• Washington:
  • Des Moines
    • Councilmember: Dave Kaplan (male), elected 1997 and 2005
  • Seattle
    • Councilmember: Sherry Harris (female), elected 1991^[24]
    • Councilmember: Tom Rasmussen (male), elected 2003^[25]
• Wisconsin
  • Appleton
    • Councilmember: Teege Mettille, 2011
  • Ashland
    • Councilmember: David Mettille, 2015
  • Dane County
    • Supervisor: Richard Wagner (male), elected 1980; Board chair 1988 (first in Wisconsin)
    • Supervisor: Kathleen Nichols (female), elected 1982
  • Fond du Lac
    • • Councilmember: Dan Manning, elected 2013^[26]
  • Kenosha County
    • Supervisor: Dayvin Halmon, 2008
  • Madison
    • Councilmember: James Yeadon, appointed 1976, elected 1977
  • Shorewood Hills
    • Village Board trustee: John Neess
  • Waukesha
    • Councilmember: Vance Skinner, 2010

By territory

• Puerto Rico
  • San Juan
    • Councilmember: Pedro Peters Maldonado, elected 2012^[27]

Judicial

• Circuit judge: George A. W. Northrup, Dane County, Wisconsin – served 1984–1997, came out 1997
• Federal judge: Deborah Batts, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York – appointed 1994
• Federal circuit court judge: Todd M. Hughes, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - appointed 2013^[28]
• Territorial supreme court judge: Benjamin Cruz, Supreme Court of Guam – appointed 1997, became Chief Justice 1999^[29]
• State supreme court judge: Rives Kistler, Oregon Supreme Court – appointed 2003
• State Judge of Compensation Claims Rand Hoch, Flagler, Seminole and Volusia Counties, Florida, Appointed - 1992 ^[30]
• Transgender judge: Victoria Kolakowski, Superior Court of Alameda County, California – elected 2010
• Superior Court Judge Victor Carlson, 3rd Judicial District State of Alaska at Anchorage - appointed 1975 served until 1985 when he lost a retention election that was held in the shadow of his coming out.^[31]

References

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