ABOVE: Gina Ortiz Jones (L) (Photo by Ana Isabel Photography) and Jon Hoadley (Photo via Twitter).
Two openly LGBTQ Democrats have lost their individual bids for Congress.
Gina Ortiz Jones lost to Republican Tony Gonzales in Texas’ 23rd congressional district.
The New York Times reported Gonzales defeated Jones, who was an Air Force intelligence officer during the second Iraq war, by a 50-47% margin with more than 98% of the votes counted.
Jones in 2018 lost to outgoing U.S. Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) by 926 votes. Jones would have been the first openly LGBTQ person from Texas elected to Congress if she defeated Gonzales.
Jon Hoadley lost to U.S. Rep. Fred Upton in Michigan’s 6th congressional district.
The Associated Press declared Upton the winner early Wednesday morning. The New York Times reports Upton defeated Hoadley by a 58-38% margin with 70% of the votes reported.
Hoadley, the former president of the now-defunct National Stonewall Democrats, is a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. Hoadley would have been the first openly LGBTQ person to represent the Wolverine State in Congress.
