Oklahoma Elects First Openly Gay State Senator

Oklahoma now has its first openly gay state Senator in Al McAffrey, the Victory Fund reports:

McAffrey became the first openly gay member of the Oklahoma state legislature when he was elected to the House of Representatives with the backing of the Victory Fund in 2006.  He was reelected in 2010 and stood for this special election to the Senate when District 46 Senator Andrew Rice announced his resignation in October of last year.

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