Here are the 18 openly LGBTQ congressional and gubernatorial candidates NBC OUT tracked on Election Day and the results of their races.
Kate Brown (Incumbent)
Governor, Oregon (D)
Result: Brown won Oregon's gubernatorial race
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Mark Pocan (Incumbent)
U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin (D)
Result: Pocan won Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district
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Kyrsten Sinema (Incumbent)
U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona (D)
Result: Sinema won Arizona's 9th congressional district
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Mark Takano (Incumbent)
U.S. House of Representatives, California (D)
Result: Takano won California's 41st congressional district
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Jared Polis (Incumbent)
U.S. House of Representatives, Colorado (D)
Result: Polis won Colorado's 2nd congressional district
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Sean Patrick Maloney (Incumbent)
U.S. House of Representatives, New York (D)
Result: Maloney won New York's 18th congressional district
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David Cicilline (Incumbent)
U.S. House of Representatives, Rhode Island (D)
Result: Cicilline won Rhode Island's 1st congressional district
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Jim Gray
U.S. Senate, Kentucky (D)
Result: Gray lost his bid for a U.S. Senate seat
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Misty Snow
U.S. Senate, Utah (D)
Result: Snow lost her bid for a U.S. Senate seat
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Angie Craig
U.S. House of Representatives, Minnesota (D)
Result: Craig lost her bid for Minnesota's 2nd congressional district
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Matt Heinz
U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona (D)
Result: Heinz lost his bid for Arizona's 2nd congressional district
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Brady Piñero Walkinshaw
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington (D)
Result: Walkinshaw lost his bid for Washington's 7th congressional district
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Denise Juneau
U.S. House of Representatives, Montana (D)
Result: Juneau lost her bid for Montana's 1st congressional district
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Bao Nguyen
U.S. House of Representatives, California (D)
Result: Nguyen lost his bid for California's 46th Congressional district
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Misty Plowright
U.S. House of Representatives, Colorado (D)
Result: Plowright lost her bid for Colorado's 5th congressional district
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Al McAffrey
U.S. House of Representatives, Oklahoma (D)
Result: McAffrey lost his bid for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district
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Clay Cope
U.S. House of Representatives, Connecticut (R)
Result: Cope lost his bid for Connecticut's 5th congressional district
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Paul Babeu
U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona (R)
Result: Babeu lost his bid for Arizona's 1st congressional district.