Jim Neal’s Senatorial dreams were dashed last week when he lost to fellow Democrat Kay Hagan.

The road to Washington wasn’t the most level, especially considering Neal’s relative obscurity and the fact that Hagan won the support of party leaders, who apparently worried Neal couldn’t take on Republican Elizabeth Dole.

While some would be sore about their loss, Neal’s taking it all in stride. He hasn’t yet decided what the future holds, but this homo-politicos sure of one thing: he made - and will continue to make - an impact.

Neal and our editor chatted yesterday about the candidate’s loss, gay group Human Rights Campaign’s non-endorsement and why this year will change America’s electoral process forever.
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Yesterday’s elections weren’t a total loss for gay politicians.

Sure, former business man Jim Neal lost his bid for North Carolina’s Senate, but Virginia-based political Lawrence Webb made a big mark: he’s now the state’s first black and gay elected official.

Totally radical!
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It’s probably a gloomy morning for homo-politico Jim Neal.

The North Carolina Democrat lost his Senatorial bid to rival Kay Hagan last night, sixty-to-eighteen percent.

It’s not surprising that voters would prefer Hagan, who has been a sitting Senator for five-years. What does shock us a bit is that people backed the candidate who originally didn’t want to run.

You may recall that Chuck Schumer and other party asked Hagan to run, fearing that Neal couldn’t compete with Republican candidate Elizabeth Dole.

Regardless, Hagan’s now the district’s Senatorial nominee and knows she needs to unify potential voters…
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It’s a big day for homo-politico Jim Neal, who’s running for the Democratic senatorial seat in North Carolina.
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His own party and gay groups aren’t backing him, but North Carolina Senatorial hopeful Jim Neal keeps on fighting for his spot on November’s ticket. Most uplifting: his competitor, Kay Hagan, has a long political history in the state and is running television ads, but 34% of Democrats still don’t know who they’ll pick in next week’s primary. [BAR]

Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese yesterday released a list of 14 Senatorial candidates whom they’re backing. It’s worth noting that HRC did not endorse North Carolina-based homo-politico Jim Neal, who’s hoping to get the Democratic nomination over Kay Hagan, a veteran politician. HRC apparently doesn’t know which way to lean, so they’re just sitting on their haunches. They wouldn’t want to rock the boat, of course… [NY Blade]

North Carolina’s Jim Neal may be new to the political arena, but he’s making great headway in his Congressional campaign.

A recently released poll indicates that the gay business man has tied with his rival, Senator Kay Hagan, who also wants to run on the Democratic ticket.

Hoping to keep up the momentum, Neal issued this call to action: asking supporters to donate ten bones to the campaign, enlist ten friends and bring ten people to the polls on election day.

We sense a common theme…

Political newcomer and notable homosexual Jim Neal’s doing well in his competition against veteran Kay Hagan, who also wants to run for their North Carolina Senatorial seat. On a related note, our editor analyzed the shit out of the candidate’s respective websites [Towleroad and Q-Notes]

Kay Hagan is one clever lady!

The North Carolina congressional candidate, who’s running against homo-politico Jim Neal for the Democratic nomination, recently revamped her website, which apparently needed some ruby slippers. She’s obviously using the subtle Oz reference to woo the lavender vote. We gays simply can’t resist Dorothy. (Actually, by a stroke of queer coincidence, we’re listening to The Wiz soundtrack right now. Be a lion!)

In related news, Hagan and Neal will have a live debate this Friday. Neal’s supporters, meanwhile, are looking for people who want to host Jim Neal house parties. They’re doing a massive fundraising push on April 6th, one month ahead of the election. The candidate … Continued…

He’s baaack!

Contentious filmmaker Bruce LaBruce last came at us with The Raspberry Reich, which focused on gay “terrorists”. Now, LaBruce turns his iconic eye to a seemingly unrealistic, and quite timely, topic: zombies.

Otto; Or, Up With Dead People revolves around the titular, undead Otto (Jey Crisfar), who’s trying to find his place in a world where zombies have become common place. While humanity has learned to cope with invasive flesh-eaters, they’re none-too-happy to learn that the latest wave’s a bit lavender.

Endangered, confused and fighting his zombie urges, Otto falls in with a Medea, who’s making a flick about revolutionary gay zombies fighting back against roving anti-gay militias. The movie, which premiered earlier this year at Sundance, represents a huge step in LaBruce career, which started with Queercore fanzines and a little movie called No Skin Off My Ass.

Unlike some independent filmmakers, LaBruce’s career has only grown in recent years, which affords him higher budgets and more intricate aesthetics - designer Rick Owens did all the costuming for Otto, which artist Terence Koh co-produced. Despite his success, LaBruce stays true to his message: assimilation sucks. The director widens his directive in this offering, however, taking on a broader consumerism and corporation-saturated society.

Our editor spoke with LaBruce this weekend and the gents hit the obvious talking points - conformity, the devolution of gay activism - but also get deep into some other issues, like Internet-based bitchey, where LaBruce stands on bareback porn and how the Canadian government may soon start hampering films like Otto.
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Gay Senatorial candidate Jim Neal - pictured with an unidentified chum - kicked it in NYC last night…

Senatorial candidate and Queerty feature subject Jim Neal flew into New York to get down with the big apple’s big homosexuals. Head on over to Retreat (37 W. 17th St.) around 6pm and schmooze with Neal, his pals, us and other queer folk.

Jim Neal gives us the goods on his campaign ambitions, Chuck Schumer and fatherhood.

Out Senatorial candidate Jim Neal talks exclusively to Queerty about how he got here.

Jim Neal hopes to beat Republican Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina’s Senatorial election.

One would think the Democratic party would support such an endeavor, but Senatorial Committee leader Chuck Schumer and his peers turned a blind eye to Neal’s candidacy. They even started recruiting other potential politicos, but no one took the bait. Now Neal and his colleagues in the part have reached a bit of a truce. Neal met with DSCC officials to discuss his campaign.

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