http://www.advocate.com/print-issue/current-issue/2012/07/12/contenders-hot-lgbt-prospects-office
Luminaries like Barney Frank and Tammy Baldwin are leaving the House of Representatives after this session—the former is retiring and the latter running for the Senate—but in congressional and state-level races across the country, more LGBT candidates than ever are campaigning. There are so many candidates, in fact, that it can be difficult to keep track of all the contenders. By early June the Victory Fund, which works to elect out leaders to political office, had endorsed 113 LGBT hopefuls for this election cycle. From a prospective out lawmaker in Texas to a bisexual congressional candidate, check out the hot prospects for 2012.