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An attorney, Hudson chairs the city's Jobs and Economic Development Committee. She raised nearly $98,000 to run, doubling that raised by Boyce, who was second.
Hudson was endorsed by the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund of Washington, D.C., which solicits contributions for openly lesbian and gay candidates they consider to be viable.
"We finished just where we wanted to be in the primary," said Hudson, “in third place with good distance between third and fourth."
To keep the seat, Hudson said she will need to work hard between now and the general election in November to maintain that distance.
Hudson, whose support base is broad, said some newspapers still label her as a lesbian in every article.
"It hasn't been detrimental, but I want to get to the point where no label is required," said Hudson. "Once voters get to know me as a person, they find out I'm not different than people they know and members of their family. They learn that gay and lesbian people can care about the community as much as anyone else."
Hudson said the Stonewall Democrats and many GLBT people she has known over the years have been strong campaign volunteers, going door-to-door and making phone calls and organizing.
"I couldn't be there without the collective efforts of all those people," said Hudson. "But my base of support is not limited to one group. If it were, I shouldn't be here."
In Warren, Hand finished sixth in a race for council at large where six candidates were vying for three slots on the November ballot. Hand received 677 votes, or 8.74% of the total, behind opponents Gary Fonce with 1,624 votes, Helen Rucker with 1,455 votes, Bob
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"They talk about God, but don't act godly," she said of Bush, congressional Republicans, and the religious right of Ohio.
Later, Tubbs Jones added, “They speak of God who protects people, but only those who act and think like them."
Speaking of her own church involvement, Tubbs Jones said, "During the campaign, I engaged ministers, many of whom have been my friends, and told them, 'You're wrong on this issue'."
HRC Foundation Deputy Director Barb Menard praised Cincinnati's work to make the only bright spot in last November's election: repealing the anti-gay Charter Article 12. She also praised the 2003 initiative to create the Cleveland Heights domestic partner registry as another positive development.
Menard said HRC was proud of the fight mounted against Issue 1 in Ohio. HRC contributed nearly $400,000 to that effort.
"[Issue 1] is the death rattle of a dying dragon," said emcee Connie Schultz, "and truth is the might sword that will bring him down."
Schultz, a Plain Dealer columnist, won the 2004 Pulizer Prize for commentary. Among the winning columns was her November 15 rebuke of Issue 1 called "Ohio pulls away the welcome mat."
Dean with 1,428 votes, Felipe Romain Jr. with 1,368 votes, and William Kruppa with 1,151 votes.
Hand previously ran for the city's Ward 4 seat in 2001, and narrowly missed an appointment to fill a vacant at-large seat in 2003. That seat is currently held by Dean.
Hand will continue to serve on two city
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commissions, Parks and Recreation, and Traffic, which he chairs.
"Politics isn't my life," said Hand. "Warren is my life."
"There were people who showed they believe in us," said Hand, "but I didn't do as well as I thought I would." "This was my last run," said Hand, 59. "I think I
am going to spend more time with social activism and organizing the gay community."
Hand, who was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Boston, also said he would use his time to help build the Ohio Democratic Party and to work on repealing the marriage ban amendment passed in the November election as Issue 1.
Hand said he was glad that his campaign was able to help generate grassroots support from, and visibility of, the LGBT community in the Mahoning Valley area.
As for giving the Mahoning Valley its first openly gay official, Hand said, "I'm not the person to do it, but I'm going to help find someone who can."
Ohio presently has three other openly gay elected officials: Toledo council president Louis Escobar, Haskins mayor Kenneth Fallows and Bloomdale council member Skeeter Hunt. None had primaries in May. Escobar will be on the ballot in September when Toledo holds its primary election.
"Here's why I think the news about Issue 1 is better than you think," said Schultz. "I get the reader mail."
Schultz, who is married to Rep. Sherrod Brown, was ribbed on stage by her co-emcee and Plain Dealer colleague, columnist Regina Brett, about the possibility of a lesbian kiss on stage.
"Cleveland hasn't had one yet," said Brett. The duo were introduced by Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell, who received a standing ovation and calls of "We love you, Jane."
Dinner co-chair Thom Rankin said final figures were not yet available, but that they were expecting the dinner to bring in about 20% more than last year's event, which raised $50,000.
Fourteen students attended the event from Avon Lake High School, Shaker Heights High School, and the Baldwin Wallace College gay straight alliance.
In addition to Reps. Brown and Tubbs Jones, elected officials at the dinner included State Meps. Mike Skindell, Tim DeGeeter, Dale Miller and Shirley Smith; Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy DiMora and Auditor Frank Russo; Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judges Stuart Friedman, Carolyn Friedland and Bridget McCafferty; Cleveland City Council members Joe Cimperman, Zach Reed, Jay Westbrook and council president Frank Jackson who is also a candidate for mayor; and Parma mayor Dean Di Piero and council member Stuart Boyda.
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