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A town clerk in upstate New York’s Finger Lakes region who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because of her religious beliefs has won her re-election race.

A nationally televised debate, a test vote in Iowa and a candidacy by Texas Gov. Rick Perry - should he decide to seek the GOP nomination as many insiders, activists and party leaders expect - could shake up the Republican presidential race in the coming

With pledges spreading like kudzu on the campaign trail, candidates this year are being asked - in some cases, pressured - to profess their fealty to a whole host of positions, such as fighting gay rights.

In a season of turbulent politics, a little-noticed California runoff election Tuesday for the House seat vacated by former Democratic Rep. Jane Harman has become unusually competitive.

More than 40 primary candidates attended Liberty City Democrats’ second pre-election forum on Monday, March 21.

In spite of disappointing election results, Florida’s LGBT activists have already begun to shift strategy as they look towards 2012.

Gay voters displeased with the Obama administration’s record on GLBT issues joined in with the rest of the electorate in making their anger known at the ballot box on Nov. 2.

Gay-rights activists celebrated a few bright spots on Election Day, but they also suffered some major setbacks - including losses by key supporters in Congress and the ouster of three Iowa Supreme Court judges who had ruled in favor of same-sex marriage.

As Republicans celebrate their return to power in the House of Representatives, Democrats are coming to terms with what went wrong. Katie Couric reports.

Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, told EDGE on Thursday, Nov. 4, the results of the mid-term elections could seriously hinder movement on LGBT-specific issues on Capitol Hill over the next two years.