Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin

Reports surfaced last month that Tammy Baldwin will make a "very likely" run for the soon to be vacant Senate seat in Wisconsin, possibly making her the first openly gay Senator in the country. While Baldwin herself is expected to make the announcement sometime over the next few days, some are already speculating who will fill her Congressional seat if she were indeed to run. According to the Capital Times, Wisconsin State Representative Mark Pocan, an openly gay Democrat who has always eyed...Read Full Story

It's official: Out Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin is making a go at both a Senate seat and history: America's only (openly) lesbian Congresswoman, Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), announced this morning that she will run for the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Herb Kohl. Rep Tammy Baldwin Announces Senate Run [Bilerico] The best part: She's also openly smart, de-closetedly competent, and queerly qualified. Go Tammy!Read Full Story

Could Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) soon be the first openly gay U.S. Senator? Perhaps: Sources close to Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., have told the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund she is very likely to run for the U.S. Senate seat now occupied by Sen. Herb Kohl, who has decided not to run for reelection in 2012.  If Baldwin runs and wins, she would become the nation’s first openly LGBT member of the U.S. senate. “This would obviously be a top priority for us.  Tammy Baldwin has been an outstanding...Read Full Story

CBS News is reporting that lesbian legislator Tammy Baldwin is an Honorary Inaugural Co-Chair. And the press will not be slow to see Baldwin’s inclusion as an endorsement of Warren and as a buffer to criticism against the President-Elect. Clearly this is but another token of valueless “inclusion” like the marching band. Gays can have a silent and distant honorary place at the table, but the head seat goes to the guy who will “not tolerate” us and thinks we have no human rights and writes...Read Full Story

The ever intrepid Pam Spaulding has once again landed herself an exclusive interview, this time with out Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). Head over to Pam's pad and hear what Tammy has to say regarding this weekend's 23rd International Gay & Lesbian Leadership Conference, the future of the hate crimes bill, the drama surrounding non-inclusive ENDA, and whether Britney Spears' life and career can recover from the bumpy road that she's endured over the past few years. Okay, so one of those...Read Full Story