➤ HOUSE RACES USA, from p.6
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ated Press declared incumbent Republican
Tony Gonzalez the victor
in that race after Gonzalez established
a four-point lead, but Jones
urged caution, saying the race is
“far from over.”
Even some LGBTQ incumbents
are standing on shaky ground. Out
gay Congressmember Sean Patrick
Maloney of New York holds a thin
two-point advantage over Republican
challenger Chele Farley in
Hudson Valley’s 18th District, and
freshman Representative Angie
Craig of Minnesota is holding onto
a narrow two-point advantage in
her fi rst re-election bid, though
she declared victory. That race has
not yet been called.
David Cicilline of Rhode cruised
to an impressive victory over a pair
of independent challengers; Mark
Takano of California again defeated
his biennial Republican rival
Aja Smith, who has lost to him
several times; Chris Pappas of New
Hampshire beat Republican opponent
Matt Mowers by four points in
a race that has been called by the
Associated Press; Mark Pocan of
➤ BI-NATIONAL FAMILIES, from p.9
“Every federal court that has heard
this issue has ruled against the
State Department. It seems that
the handwriting is on the wall.”
Still, Morris said, the government
has not tipped its hand on
any plans it might have regarding
an appeal of the October 9 Ninth
Circuit ruling.
“We’ve gotten no indication regarding
the Ninth Circuit ruling,”
he said, noting that the COVID crisis
gives the government an extended
150 days to fi le any appeal to
either the full Ninth Circuit bench
or to the Supreme Court. “And the
government is under no obligation
to give us an indication.”
Morris added that it was likely
that Immigration Equality would
“check in” with the government
by the end of the week to learn
whether the State Department’s
withdrawal in the Maryland and
Georgia cases signal a full retreat
on the citizenship issue.
Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, a senior
attorney at Lambda Legal who is
Morris’ co-counsel on the Kiviti
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Military veteran Gina Ortiz Jones would have
been the fi rst out LGBTQ person elected to
Congress from Texas.
Wisconsin, like Takano, also beat
a former opponent, Peter Theron,
in a rematch; and Sharice Davids
of Kansas won re-election for the
fi rst time, besting Republicans
Amanda Adkins.
and Mize-Gregg cases, in a written
statement, said, “We are gratifi ed
that the victories of the Kiviti and
Mize-Gregg families are now fi nal
and we hope that the Trump Administration
and the State Department
will abide by these courts’
decisions when it encounters other
families headed by same-sex couples.
No family should have to go
through what the Kiviti and Mize-
Gregg families endured.”
The families also expressed
their happiness at the State Department’s
decision.
“The law was always clear,” said
Roee Kiviti. “We knew it, the courts
knew it, and now the State Department
knows it, too.”
In a written statement, the
Mize-Gregg family said, “We are
extremely grateful that this fi ght is
over and won. All we ever wanted
was for Simone to be treated fairly.”
The State Department did not
immediately respond to a request
for comment on how its actions
this week affect its posture on the
Ninth Circuit ruling and the underlying
issue at stake.
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