Jared Polis becomes first openly gay person elected governor in America
Jared Polis has won the Colorado governor's race, becoming the first openly gay person to be elected governor in America.
Polis, a Democrat who has served in the House of Representatives since 2009, did not attempt to hide his sexual orientation on the campaign trail, and sometimes used it to emphasize the contrast between himself and President Donald Trump's administration.
But Polis is the first openly gay candidate to be elected for governor.
Polis ran on a fairly progressive platform. He vowed to fight for Medicare-for-all. He also backed stronger gun laws, investments in renewable energy, repeal of the death penalty, universal full-day preschool and kindergarten as an extension of Colorado's public schools, and expanded broadband access.
Polis defeats Republican State Treaurer Walker Stapleton, whose mishandling of the "Great Colorado Payback" - an unclaimed asset fund - became a liability.
At: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/6/18053192/midterm-election-results-colorado-governor-jared-polis-winner-gay
Congratulations, Congressman Polis - and Colorado.
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Congrats to my gay and lesbian brothers and sisters on serious representation! From a a straight brother in arms.
... wasn't elected. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hyde,_3rd_Earl_of_Clarendon
