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PageOneQ Besting his opponents, Cruz won 41 percent of the vote, enough to secure the seat over challengers Telo Taitague and Tom Ada. Cruz, who was elected to a judge position prior to his victory, is the legislature's first openly gay member. More information is available at GayPolitics.com, the Victory Fund's blog.
The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, a political action committee dedicated to increasing the number of openly LGBT elected officials, has scored the new year's first electoral victory with the organization-endorsed candidate, Benjamin Cruz, who won a special election in the Guam Senate.
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Originally published on Monday January 7, 2008.