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RussBLib

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7. in the most-recent (Jan/Feb 2019) issue of FFRF's Freethought Today...
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 03:49 PM
Jan 2019

...they detail how "secular candidates" fared in the midterms, including state legislatures. A little different from the Pew Research Center's stats.

Unfortunately, the electronic version is spitting up at the moment, so I cannot cut-and-paste, but will list the results manually.

US Senate - 1
Krysten Sinema - D-Arizona (religiously unaffiliated)

US House - 10
Jared Huffman - D-CA (District 2) Humanist (incumbent)
Katie Hill - D-CA (District 25) Religiously unaffiliated
Sean Casten - D-IL (District 6) Religiously unaffiliated
Sharice Davids - D-KS (District 3) Religiously unaffiliated
Jamie Raskin - D-MD (District 8) Jewish and humanist (incumbent)
Tom Malinowski - D-NJ (District 7) Religiously unaffiliated
Antonio Delgado - D-NY (District 19) Religiously unaffiliated
Chrissy Houlahan - D-PA (District 6) Religiously unaffiliated
Jennifer Wexton - D-VA (District 10) Religiously unaffiliated
Mark Pocan - D-WI (District 2) Religiously unaffiliated

There are 47 names (winners, 33 of them are incumbents) in the state legislatures (too many to list), but in summary:
9 Atheist
7 Religiously unaffiliated
1 Scientist (Rep. Bill Quirk D-CA District 20, incumbent)
13 Agnostic
5 Spiritual but not religious
4 Unitarian Universalist
2 Nontheist
2 Humanist
3 Nonreligious
1 "Governs with Reason" (Sen. Dick McCormack VT Senate Windsor District, incumbent)

And in the "Election non-winners" section, there are almost 100 names listed, so there are more secular candidates out there than you might think. Not enough, frankly, but the numbers are growing.

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Way under represented Bradshaw3 Jan 2019 #1
I think the "afraid to take a stand" category mountain grammy Jan 2019 #2
Who are the two Unitarians? progressoid Jan 2019 #3
Not sure, but... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #4
I found one. progressoid Jan 2019 #5
For my part... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #6
in the most-recent (Jan/Feb 2019) issue of FFRF's Freethought Today... RussBLib Jan 2019 #7
Cool, nice list... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #8
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