State's gay caucus is 2nd-largest in U.S.
By RACHEL LA CORTE
The Associated Press
OLYMPIA — The Washington Legislature has the second-largest gay caucus in the country after a new representative was appointed to the House this year.
Marko Liias, a 26-year-old Democrat from Mukilteo, started the legislative session earlier this month, replacing former Rep. Brian Sullivan, who left the Legislature for the Snohomish County Council.
Liias' arrival gives Washington six openly gay lawmakers, ahead of California's five, but still one shy of the seven gay lawmakers in New Hampshire.
That gives Washington state the second-largest Capitol gay caucus, according to the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based political action committee.
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