She may not be running for a New York State Senate seat, where a pro-equality Republican could do some real good, but it’s great to see the GOP putting forward Assemblywoman Scozzafava for a national office. From The Advocate:

The race for a vacant U.S. House seat in New York is heating up as the state’s GOPers have found their candidate in a pro-gay state assembly member. Dede Scozzafava was nominated to run for a seat that will be vacated by Rep. John McHugh, who was tapped to become secretary of the Army in June.

Scozzafava was one of a handful of Republican lawmakers who supported a marriage equality bill that passed the assembly in the spring. The bill is still up for consideration in the senate following a monthlong party-line coup that sidelined several pieces of crucial legislation.

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