In the wake of President Obama's momentous announcement supporting marriage equality this past Wednesday, more and more Democrats have began clarifying their positions on this issue and unequivocally voicing their support for marriage equality. I have decided to compile a list of the non-incumbent Democratic candidates (and Angus King) running for the House and Senate who are known to support marriage equality. Some candidates have been known to support it for quite some time - be it through statements and interviews they have made and/or votes they have taken, while others have just recently made their pro-equality position known. I have to say that I'm pleasantly surprised at some of the names here, given the difficult and uphill races that some of them are facing, or the moderate-to-conservative profile/image they have cultivated in regards to this and other issues. How this will affect their electoral chances is another subject for another diary.
This is a running list. If omissions, corrections, or additions need to be made, please let me know. I will update it as often as possible. All names will remain listed pending the completion of each particular state's primary. Again, with the exception of Angus King, this is a list of non-incumbent Democrats only.
PRO-EQUALITY CANDIDATES for the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES
ARIZONA
AZ-01 Wenona Benally Baldenegro
AZ-02 Matt Heinz
AZ-06 Matt Jette
AZ-09 Andrei Cherny, David Schapira, Kyrsten Sinema
ARKANSAS
AR-02 Herb Rule
CALIFORNIA
CA-02 Jared Huffman
CA-04 Jack Uppal
CA-07 Ami Bera
CA-10 Jose Hernandez
CA-15 Eric Swalwell
CA-26 Julia Brownley
CA-35 Gloria Negrete McLeod
CA-36 Raul Ruiz
CA-39 Jay Chen
CA-41 Mark Takano
CA-47 Alan Lowenthal
CA-49 Jerry Tetalman
CA-52 Scott Peters
COLORADO
CO-06 Joe Miklosi
CONNECTICUT
CT-05 Christopher Donovan, Elizabeth Esty, Dan Roberti
FLORIDA
FL-07 Jason Kendall
FL-09 Alan Grayson
FL-13 Jessica Ehrlich
FL-16 Keith Fitzgerald
FL-18 Patrick Murphy
FL-22 Lois Frankel
FL-26 Joe Garcia, Gloria Romero Roses
HAWAII
HI-02 Tulsi Gabbard, Esther Kia'aina, Bob Marx
IDAHO
ID-02 Nicole LeFavour
ILLINOIS
IL-06 Leslie Coolidge
IL-08 Tammy Duckworth
IL-10 Brad Schneider
IL-11 Bill Foster
IL-13 David Gill
IL-16 Wanda Rohl
IOWA
IA-04 Christie Vilsack
MARYLAND
MD-06 John Delaney
MASSACHUSETTS
MA-01 Andy Nuciforo
MA-04 Joe Kennedy, III
MICHIGAN
MI-03 Trevor Thomas
MI-05 Dan Kildee
MI-08 Lance Enderle
MINNESOTA
MN-03 Brian Barnes
MN-06 Jim Graves
MN-08 Jeff Anderson, Tarryl Clark
NEVADA
NV-01 Dina Titus
NV-03 John Oceguera
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NH-01 Carol Shea-Porter
NH-02 Ann McLane Kuster
NEW JERSEY
NJ-07 Upendra Chivukula
NJ-11 John Arvanites
NEW MEXICO
NM-01 Michelle Lujan Grisham
NEW YORK
NY-06 Grace Meng
NY-08 Hakeem Jeffries
NY-18 Sean Patrick Maloney
NY-19 Julian Schreibman
NY-22 Dan Lamb
NY-23 Nate Shinagawa
NY-24 Dan Maffei
NORTH CAROLINA
NC-10 Patsy Keever
OHIO
OH-03 Joyce Beatty
OH-05 Angela Zimmann
OH-12 James Reese
PENNSYLVANIA
PA-03 Missa Eaton
PA-06 Manan Trivedi
PA-15 Rick Daugherty
RHODE ISLAND
RI-01 Anthony Gemma
SOUTH CAROLINA
SC-07 Gloria Bromell Tinubu
TEXAS
TX-07 Lissa Squiers
TX-16 Beto O'Rourke
TX-20 Joaquin Castro
TX-21 Candace Duval
TX-32 Katherine Savers McGovern
TX-33 Domingo Garcia, Marc Veasey
TX-34 Denise Saenz Blanchard
VIRGINIA
VA-07 Wayne Powell
WASHINGTON
WA-01 Darcy Burner, Suzan DelBene, Steve Hobbs, Darshan Rauniyar, Laura Ruderman
WA-03 Jon Haugen
WA-05 Rich Cowan
WA-06 Derek Kilmer
WA-07 Andrew Hughes
WA-08 Karen Porterfield
WA-10 Denny Heck
WISCONSIN
WI-01 Rob Zerban
WI-02 Mark Pocan, Kelda Roys
PRO-EQUALITY CANDIDATES for the SENATE
ARIZONA
Richard Carmona
CONNECTICUT
Susan Bysiewicz, Chris Murphy
HAWAII
Ed Case, Mazie Hirono
MAINE
Cynthia Dill, Angus King*
MASSACHUSETTS
Elizabeth Warren
NEBRASKA
Bob Kerrey
NEVADA
Shelley Berkley
NEW MEXICO
Martin Heinrich
TENNESSEE
Park Overall
TEXAS
Paul Sadler
WISCONSIN
Tammy Baldwin
PRO-EQUALITY GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES
MONTANA
Steve Bullock
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Jackie Cilley, Maggie Hassan
WASHINGTON
Jay Inslee
Am I missing anyone?