in 2018 and is the first LGBTQ person to be endorsed on the ticket of a major Minnesota political party Rep. Karen Clark (D) – elected 1981, out when first elected and was the longest serving openly lesbian member to serve in a state legislature in the United States Sen. Paul Koering (R) – elected 2002; came out 2005; re-elected in 2006 Sen. Scott Dibble (D) – elected in 2000, out when first elected Rep. Susan Allen (D) – elected in 2012, out when first elected and first openly lesbian Native American woman to win office in any state legislature Missouri: Rep. Tim Van Zandt (D) – elected 1994 Rep. Jeanette Oxford (D) – elected 2004 Rep. Zachary Wyatt (R) – elected 2010; came out 2012 Sen. Jolie Justus (D) – elected 2007 Rep. Randy D. Dunn (D)- elected 2012 Montana: Rep. Diane Sands (D) – appointed 1996 Rep. Bryce Bennett (D) – elected 2010 Nebraska: Senator Megan Hunt – elected 2018 (first openly bisexual person ever elected to the Nebraska Legislature) Nevada: Assemblyman (now Sen.) David Parks (D) (male) – elected 1996 Senator Patricia Spearman (female) (D) – elected 2012 New Hampshire: Rep. Raymond Buckley (male) (D) – elected 1986 Rep. Marlene DeChane (female) (D) – elected 1994 Sen. David Pierce (D) – elected 2012, first open LGBT person ever elected to the New Hampshire Senate Chris Pappas (D) – elected 2012, first LGBT person ever elected to the New Hampshire Executive Council Sen. Dan Innis (male) (R) – elected 2016, first Republican open LGBT person ever elected to the New Hampshire Senate Reps. Gerri Cannon and Lisa Bunker (D) – elected 2018, first openly transgender people ever seated in the New Hampshire House of Representatives New Jersey: Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D) – came out 2006 New Mexico: Sen. Liz Stefanics (female) (D) – elected 1992 Sen. Jacob Candelaria (male) (D) – elected 2012 New York: Rep. Deborah Glick (female) (D) – elected 1990, first openly lesbian or gay person elected to the NY State Legislature Sen. Thomas Duane (male) (D) – elected 1998, first openly gay and/or HIV positive person elected to the NY State Senate Rep. Daniel J. O'Donnell (male) (D) — elected 2002 Rep. Micah Kellner (male; bisexual) (D) – elected 2007 Rep. Harry Bronson (male) (D) – elected 2010, first LGBT legislator elected from upstate New York Sen. Jabari Brisport (male) (D) — elected 2020,