From: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 94 10:04:10 EDT

Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund
1012 14th Street NW, Suite 707
Washington DC  20005
202/842-8679 (phone)
202/289-3863 (fax)
email: [email-masked]

National Group Now Supports Nineteen Openly Gay
Candidates in Eleven States
                                                                         
WASHINGTON, DC -- July 1994 --  The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund has just
recommended ten more openly gay and lesbian candidates to its national donor
network, giving them access to the financial and technical support they need
to conduct winning campaigns.  The newly recommended candidates and
their races are:

-- Tom Ammiano for San Francisco Board of Supervisors                 
-- Cal Anderson for Washington State Senate 
-- Derek Belt for Massachusetts House of Representatives
-- Karen Burstein for New York State Attorney General  
-- Chuck Carpenter for Oregon House of Representatives
-- Ken Cheuvront for Arizona House of Representatives 
-- Tom Duane for U.S. House of Representatives, 8th District, New    York
    
-- John Hannay for Maryland House of Delegates
-- Don Moreland for Washington State House of Representatives 
-- Teri Schwartz for Los Angeles Superior Court   

These qualified candidates join the Victory Fund's previously recommended
candidates:

-- Sheila Kuehl for California State Assembly
-- Tim Van Zandt for Missouri House of Representatives
-- Bonnie Dumanis for San Diego City Court
-- Tony Miller for California Secretary of State
-- Will Fitzpatrick for Rhode Island State Senate
-- George Eighmey for Oregon House of Representatives
-- Susan Leal for San Francisco Board of Supervisors
-- Tom Chiola for Cook County (Illinois) Circuit Court 
-- Victoria Sigler for Dade County (Florida) Court.    

All the candidates have undergone rigorous screening to determine their
viability as potential public officials.  The complete profiles of these
candidates are available from the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund.  For more
information, please contact Van Do at 202/842-8679 or via [email-masked].