PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Tuesday’s primaries brought mostly good news to openly gay candidates supported by the Victory Fund, as 29 of 33 pols either advanced in primaries or won their elections outright.

Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Victory Fund, was in Providence, R.I., Tuesday night as Providence Mayor David Cicilline was declared the winner of the Democratic primary to represent Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District. Rhode Island is a very blue state, and so is the district, thus Cicilline immediately becomes the favorite to win in November.

“I’m very grateful that the Victory Fund and their supporters believe in this campaign, and I thank you for your hard work on our behalf. Together we really can change politics in Rhode Island and across the country, and make sure that all Americans have a voice in their government. I hope you’ll continue to stand with us as we work hard for a big victory this November,” Cicilline said in a statement.

If elected, Cicilline would become the fourth openly LGBT member of Congress.

The Maryland House of Delegates is set to welcome three new gay and lesbian members, bringing the total number of out Maryland state lawmakers to seven. This could have an enormous impact on the fight to bring marriage equality to the state. This month, Gov. Martin O’Malley pledged to sign a marriage equality bill if the state legislature is able to pass one.

Among the winners in Maryland is Mary Washington, who is on track to becoming just the second openly lesbian African-American to be elected to a state legislature anywhere in America. Her Baltimore district will likely have two lesbian representatives in the House of Delegates. Incumbent Maggie McIntosh also won her primary.

Also in Maryland, transgender eye surgeon Dana Beyer lost her bid for election to the state assembly in a six-way race. Beyer had 17 percent of the vote and said she did not think being a transgender candidate was even a factor in the race.

Good news in New York as well. Harry Bronson could become the sixth openly LGBT member of the New York state legislature. Bronson won the Democratic primary in his Rochester-area district. He would be the only out Assembly member from upstate New York if he wins the general election this fall.

In the District of Columbia, there was mixed news.

Mayor Adrian Fenty, 39, who embraced gay marriage for D.C., lost his Democratic primary to D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray. With no GOP opposition in November, Gray is a shoo-in to be the next mayor.

Political observers said Fenty did not lose over the gay marriage issue, but because the biracial candidate has lost favor with the African-American community over education and school reform issues.

Also in D.C., the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) threw its mighty weight behind Delano Hunter for the Ward 5 City Council seat, and backed a loser. Incumbent Harry Thomas Jr. took 62 percent of the vote, followed by Hunter with 20 percent and Kenyan McDuffie at 14 percent. Finishing dead last in the mayoral race was NOM-backed Leo Alexander, who had 0.62 percent of the vote.

NOM spent wads of money in this race, and Hunter somehow got the endorsement of the Washington Post, which suggested that voters overlook his homophobia.

Marriage-equality supporter Phil Mendelson was re-elected to his at-large council seat.

Voter anger at the establishment also hit the Republican Party.

In Delaware’s GOP primary for a Senate seat, U.S. Rep. Mike Castle was ousted by Tea Party favorite Christine O’Donnell, who collected 53 percent of the vote. The ultra-conservative O’Donnell opposes masturbation and wants to impose other radical social doctrines if elected. The perennial candidate – and perennial loser – badly trails Democratic nominee Chris Coons in the polls, but she has the backing of Sarah Palin.

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