# Tammy Baldwin **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 11, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tammy-baldwin/640706 "2012-11-11T20:08:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tammy-baldwin/640706/1 "2012-11-11T20:08:05Z")
When she intially ran for the House, was she “out”? ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tammy-baldwin/640706/2 "2012-11-11T20:12:04Z")
[Tammy Baldwin at Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Baldwin). Really, some things are simple to figure out for yourself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tammy-baldwin/640706/3 "2012-11-11T20:12:45Z")
From [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Baldwin#Elections): > [@Wikipedia](#): > > In 1992, she ran for Wisconsin’s 78th Assembly District. She won the Democratic primary with a plurality of 43% of the vote. In the general election, she defeated Mary Kay Baum (Labor and Farm party nominee) and Patricia Hevenor (Republican party nominee) 59%-23%-17%. She was one of just six openly gay political candidates nationwide to win a general election in 1992. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tammy-baldwin/640706/4 "2012-11-11T20:12:52Z")
DUH!!! 😉 Thanks guys.