Back on April 4, John Wright pointed out here on Instant Tea the gay-baiting going on in the Democratic Primary runof race in District 76 between incumbent Rep. Norma Chavez and challenger Naomi Gonzalez, where Chavez decided to try and give herself an edge by declaring Gonzalez to be a lesbian.
Well, it looks like it didn’t work: As of 11:30 tonight, the Texas Secretary of State’s Web site was reporting that with 30 of 37 precincts reporting, Gonzalez is ahead, 52.49 percent to 47.50 percent. I’m not positive about this, but I don’t think the Democratic nominee will face a Republican challenger in the general election; at least, I didn’t find any Republican candidates listed in that district on the Secretary of State Web site.
And as John pointed out earlier, Gonzalez never said she wasn’t a lesbian, so …… Maybe the Lone Star State will finally have an LGBT person in the Legislature again? Of course, Gonzalez hasn’t said she is a lesbian, either, so the position of “openly LGBT legislator” remains, at this time, empty.
