One of the last remaining antigay Democrats in Congress was just handed his walking papers by voters in Illinois.
Dan Lipinski is the eight-term U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 3rd congressional district, a seat he’s held since 2005. He also holds the unique distinction of being the only House Democrat who refused to sponsor the Equality Act.
In addition to that, Lipinski supported the Defense of Marriage Act and has voted against marriage equality and LGBTQ non-discrimination bills. He also voted in favor of the Republican version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Lipinski was handily beaten by progressive opponent Marie Newman in the Illinois primary yesterday, making him the first incumbent to lose a primary in 2020.
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Newman had previously challenged Lipinski in 2018, but lost by 2,200 just votes. This time, she beat him with 48% to his 44%.
“We learned from the first race,” Newman told reporters last week. “There are things that I didn’t do well, and I’m now doing well.”
Newman and her campaign knocked on over 100,000 doors, raised almost $2 million, and secured early endorsements from high-profile progressives, including Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Her victory came the same night Joe Biden made a clean sweep in the presidential primaries, winning Illinois, Florida, and Arizona.
Lipinski has not yet issued any comment on his crushing defeat.
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Cam
Good, no room for bigots.
Winnow
YOU ARE NOT KIDDING!!! SCOTT MADER
Ricanthony
Bye bitch! Don’t let the door hit you on your way out.
Winnow
GOOD RIDDANCE!!!!! SCOTT MADER
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Gay Karma at it’s best!
And lordy she is distubingly unattractive…
illinoisguy123
cute that this article tries to leak Biden to Lipinski. no basis for it- but bernie trolls are desperate.
RyanMBecker
“cute that this article tries to leak Biden to Lipinski. no basis for it- but bernie trolls are desperate.”
Huh??? I think you misread the article. I’m no fan of Sanders but I see no evidence that the writer is a “bernie troll” or any bias against Biden. Indeed, the article merely states that Lipinski’s opponent’s “…victory came the same night Joe Biden made a clean sweep in the presidential primaries, winning Illinois, Florida, and Arizona.”
In other words, the author linked Lipinski’s defeat to Biden’s massive VICTORY — the opposite of what you claim.
LumpyPillows
He’s terrible. Been terrible forever. Glad he’s gone. Can’t figure out why it took so long.
CityguyUSA
Voters didn’t vote?
GayEGO
Wow, the look in Dan Lipinski’s eyes says it all, he is demented!
Good for Marie Newman, she will be good for the gays!
Berkshires Jim
Definitely looks like a nut. How long before he is found on his knees with a c**k in his mouth?? Just like all the other haters.
redboy70
Maybe he can get a modeling gig for the Rudy Giuliani dentures collection.
RyanMBecker
Ugh … his eyes remind me of Marshall Applewhite, the gay cult leader of Heaven’s Gate, which led to the mass suicide of 39 young men.
RyanMBecker
I misspoke. The Heaven’s Gate cult consisted of men and women, and the victims weren’t as youthful as I had thought. However, many of the males were “voluntarily” castrated. And Applewhite was indeed gay. In fact, many gay commentators tied his actions to the internal conflict between his homosexuality and his religiosity. Hence, the castrations. And yes, his eyes resemble those of Lipinski.
Google “March 27, 1997 Inside Heaven’s Gate” to see an interview with one of he young men who was castrated.
garybw
Why do they always look crazy
Kangol2
Because they are.
Mack
In other words he was a DINO. Now do us a favor and go join the Republican Party-the party of hate.
Kangol2
Good riddance to Lipinski, who inherited his daddy’s House seat and has now been shoved out of it by the voters. It’s one thing to be a conservative Democrat, but he was so wrong on so many policies over the years. Now he can go find a lobbying job in DC to & make tons of money, that is once the Drumpfcovid19-ocalypse is finally over.
blackhook
Good riddance to bad Lipinski trash! He looks like a serial killer who stalks gay bars.
CityguyUSA
Bernie trolls and haters? Why because he’s offering you healthcare and Biden has tried to kill Social Security and Medicare 3 times. But you know best.
It’s the clueless trolls that allow the politicians to get out of hand because they have no clue of who or what they’re voting for. Bernie was the only one willing to take on Wall Street so another 40 years of bank bailouts and corporate socialism while we pay for all of it and we’ll still have to pay top dollar for our wonderful capitalist system where prices have long been fixed and most corporations are mega-monopolies.
woodroad34
Good God! Crazy eyes, goober haircut, and excessive rat chompers. Did they find him in an 80’s horror flick?
hansniemeijer
good riddance!
ScottOnEarth
Wow. He looks like he rapes squirrels.
seaguy
Thank god he ain’t running in a beauty contest cause he’d be getting his ass kicked!
Young Timer
Karma, honey.
It’s called Karma.