Hanson
In the National Organization for Marriage’s first attempt to influence an election, Democrat Curt Hanson defeated the NOM-backed Stephen Burgmeier tonight in the 90th House District in Iowa.
Earlier in the race, The Iowa Independent reported:
According to a report filed with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board yesterday, the anti-gay marriage group National Organization for Marriage has purchased $86,060 worth of television and radio ads to support Stephen Burgmeier, the Republican candidate in the special election in Iowa House District 90.
Joe.My.God posted the ad here that NOM ran in the race:
The Iowa Secretary of State tonight reports that Hanson won:
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Curt Hanson |
Democrat | 3932 |
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Stephen Burgmeier |
Republican | 3825 |
Congrats to Hanson and all Iowans who support equality on tonight’s win.
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Chris Geidner is the senior political writer at D.C.'s Metro Weekly and has written for The Atlantic Online, Advocate.com, Salon and other publications, as well as at his blog, Law Dork. Prior to moving to D.C. in 2009, he served as an attorney on the senior staff at the Ohio Attorney General's Office and had earlier worked for a leading Columbus law firm. An extended biography can be found
Actually, NOM wasted their money, as Hanson, too, went on record favoring a referendum vote on marriage equality. Useless Democrat.