All three of the candidates poised to be the first openly LGBTQ+ members of the Alaska Legislature, including East Anchorage House candidate Andrew Gray, say while representation is important, it’s not why they ran.
Gray thinks public sentiments have changed, and he felt comfortable putting his husband on his campaign handouts.
Also in Anchorage, Democrat Jennie Armstrong — who’s poised to win her West Anchorage House seat — identifies as pansexual and said she represented herself fully in her campaign.says: “Jennie has a chance to make history as the first openly LGBTQ+ candidate to be elected to the Alaska State Legislature.”
As one of the first openly LGBTQ lawmakers, Armstrong said she wants constituents to feel welcomed and represented by their government. Further north, Democrat Ashley Carrick — a former legislative staffer — is slated to win her race to represent western Fairbanks in the state House. Carrick is openly bisexual and said she’s been out for all of her adulthood.
“Our constitution specifically states that marriage is between a man and a woman, so if the Supreme Court decides to overturn that, we’re going to have a major challenge in this state,” Carrick said. “So as someone who cares about LGBT friends who are married in same sex relationships, but as someone who very easily could’ve been that person, I think that’s really important to me.”
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