
Freshman Republican Congressman Aaron Shock may have the best abs on The Hill, but he's also a lively gay marriage foe. Know what that means? We need a hotter freshman congressman — who actually likes our kind — to drool over!
Enter 28-year-old Anthony Woods, an army brat who's running in a special election this fall to become the new congressman from California’s 10th Congressional District (an area in Northern California between San Francisco and Sacramento), a post opened by Democratic Rep. Ellen Tauscher leaving for a gig as under secretary of state for arms control and international security. What's notable about Woods, aside from his staunch pro-LGBT stance?
He's a West Point grad who served two tours in Iraq (and was awarded a bronze star) before being kicked out for Don't Ask Don't Tell.
Some six years into the military, "Woods said his personal belief system prompted him to disclose that he is gay to his commanding officer last summer," reports the Washington Blade. After an investigation into his gay ways, he was discharged last December — and stuck with a $35,000 bill for his graduate school at Harvard after the military says he broke his contract to serve for five more years in exchange for tuition! This, after Woods was selected to give the graduate English address at Harvard's Commencement.

So why vote for Woods? "You look at a number of issues and I realized they’re very personal for me. And I think I can come into Congress, come to Washington, D.C., with a lot of personal experience there. So I felt that I had a responsibility to step up to the plate, come home and run."
What are his chances of winning? Well, it's an uphill battle in the Democratic-leaning region. Fellow Dems California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, State Sen. Mark Desaulnier, and State Assembly member Joan Buchanan have all said they're in this ($1 million) race too.
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Queerty must endorse him ASAP!
God-DAMN, Harvard Grad school, West Point Grad, gay and out, and uh…he's cute.
2 points for Queerty on this one.
Wow, it would be great to have him in Congress!
Harvard grad…decorated Iraq vet…next we're going to find out he shits sustainable fuel and pisses marriage equality. *cough* U.S. President 2024 *cough*
Thanks for the links, Zach. Queerty, you should keep up with this race.
I'll add that it isn't shocking that anything not having to do with skin, Obama or Prejean is lacking in views and comments.
He seems great on paper, but i'm not surprised this story is buried at the bottom of this site, with my comment being the 7th.
@Nick: But Prejean! Naked photos! Scandal! Will she keep her crown?!
Oh, wait, I don't care.
(waiting for the Queerty Conspiracy theories)
Oh look. Ten comments.