Sources close to Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) say the lesbian congresswoman is mulling a run for the Sen. Herb Kohl’s seat in 2012. If she won, she would be the first openly gay member of the Senate. Eroktronix check it out

“‘This would obviously be a top priority for us. Tammy Baldwin has been an outstanding congresswoman, and she’d be an outstanding senator,’ said Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, which has endorsed Baldwin repeatedly. In 1998, when Baldwin became the first openly LGBT candidate to win election to the U.S. Congress as a freshman, the Victory Fund raised nearly a quarter million dollars for her campaign.”

While this would be historic and great news for LGBTs, I kind of wonder- unless the Dems make a comeback in the House, wouldn’t this further weaken the liberal bloc amongst our Representatives?

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