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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com November 03, 2010
Rights Supporter Quinn Leads for Ill. Gov.
Illinois governor Pat Quinn, a gay rights proponent, holds a slim margin
over antigay challenger Bill Brady with most ballots counted.
By Advocate.com Editors
BILL BRADY PAT QUINN X390 (FAIR) | ADVOCATE.COM
Illinois governor Pat Quinn, a Democrat and gay rights supporter, maintained
a narrow lead Wednesday morning over his Republican challenger, state
senator Bill Brady, a strong opponent of LGBT equality, although Brady was
not ready to concede.
The Chicago Tribune reported that Quinn (pictured right) had a lead of 8,300
votes out of more than 3.3 million cast, with 99% of precincts counted. He
and Brady (pictured left) each had about 46% of the vote, with minor-party
candidates accounting for the remainder.
“The people have won, and I believe we have won,” Quinn told supporters
gathered at a Chicago hotel early Wednesday. Many of the ballots remaining
to be counted were from Chicago and its near suburbs, expected to favor
Quinn. Brady, however, hoped that absentee ballots, not yet counted and
possibly numbering up to 30,000, could change the election results. The
absentee ballot count is not expected to begin until Thursday.
Quinn supports civil unions for same-sex couples and has said he would sign
the civil unions bill currently pending in the state legislature and
expected to pass by year end. Brady is opposed, although he said he would
not seek to repeal civil unions legislation enacted under Quinn. As a
senator, Brady has proposed writing a ban on marriage equality into the
Illinois constitution and weakening the state’s LGBT rights law. | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 2 喜出望外呵。IL的CIVIL UNION有戏了。 | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 3 喜出望外呵。IL的CIVIL UNION有戏了。 |
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