LGBTQ+ voters are more motivated than they’ve ever been to make their voices heard at the ballot box, and HRC’s electoral plan will ensure that the 74 million Equality Voters across the country will deliver the winning margins in competitive races across the country. The time is now for us to mobilize, organize, and turn our grassroots energy into a voting force that cannot be denied.
At a time when chaos, division, and attacks on equality are shaping daily life, this election is our chance to push back and move forward. The midterms are a referendum on equality: a moment to check extremism, hold leaders accountable, and fight for the freedom every person deserves. That fight starts with us.
Powered by 4 million members and one of the fastest-growing voting blocs in the country, the Human Rights Campaign is organizing to win — focusing our efforts where they matter most, building LGBTQ+ political power, and equipping communities to counter disinformation and turn out the vote.
Let’s Get Free is about action, momentum, and making victory possible — because if we want freedom, we have to go out and get it.
The path to reclaiming our power and putting a check on extremism runs through the 74 Million Equality Voters across the country. HRC will organize these voters to flip the House, gain ground in the U.S. Senate, expand the number of openly LGBTQ+ elected officials, and defeat anti-LGBTQ+ ballot measures from coast to coast.
HRC is working to ensure they get all their friends and family to vote too.
In key races, our voters have outnumbered the margin of victory — and made the difference.
We could reach 20% by 2040.
This is not just a moment — it’s a movement with staying power.
The Human Rights Campaign launches Let’s Get Free — a national campaign to reach 74 million equality voters, protect LGBTQ+ rights, and build the power needed to win in 2026.
Join us in supporting equality-forward candidates this election!
Member of LGBTQ+ Community
JoAnna Mendoza is running to represent Arizona’s 6th Congressional District. She is committed to practical, unifying solutions that lower costs for families, expand access to healthcare and education, protect earned benefits, strengthen national security, and uphold responsible gun ownership. JoAnna will tackle climate change, ensure a transparent and responsive government, invest in the next generation, and defend democracy and equal rights for all.
Member of LGBTQ+ Community
As a gay man, Senator Wiener has dedicated much of his life to supporting the LGBTQ+ community. He has led the historic effort to combat the rising attack on LGBTQ+ rights, and the trans community in particular, by passing the nation's first sanctuary state law. He has authored or co-authored a number of other bills to expand LGBTQ+ protections, including a law with Senate President Toni Atkins to create a third, non-binary marker on government IDs.
Member of LGBTQ+ Community
Marni von Wilpert is a San Diego City Councilmember, lifelong public servant, and former prosecutor who flipped San Diego’s most conservative council district blue. She is running for Congress to tackle the skyrocketing cost of living, stop ICE’s lawless attacks on communities, protect reproductive freedom, defend LGBTQ+ rights, and make Washington work for working families and not just the wealthy.
Senator Ossoff’s legislative achievements include laws to protect children online; to strengthen public safety; to tackle the opioid epidemic and prevent fentanyl trafficking across the Southern Border; to investigate unsolved lynchings and Civil Rights murders; to strengthen mental health care services for veterans; and to fight corruption and improve security in U.S. prisons. In his first two years in office, Sen. Ossoff passed into law more standalone bills than any other freshman Senator.
Member of LGBTQ+ Community
As a child of an auto worker and immigrants who escaped communist Vietnam, Eric Chung saw firsthand the opportunities and challenges faced by Michigan families, and what it means to strive for the American Dream. After graduating law school, he worked as an attorney and for the Senate Judiciary Committee to advise on the confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, and with the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice to ensure fairness and opportunity in education.
Member of LGBTQ+ Community
Senator Jeremy Moss helped to pass Michigan’s comprehensive nondiscrimination law in 2023, and has been a forceful advocate for full equality for all. He has been a leading voice for the LGBTQ+ community and also prioritizes policies supporting local government and local communities, as well as increasing transparency in state government.
Member of LGBTQ+ Community
Prior to making history in 2018 as the first LGBTQ+ parent to serve in Congress, Angie Craig was an advocate for equality in her corporate work. The adoption of her child was a legal struggle that led to a landmark case for same-sex couples adopting. During her tenure in the House, she also earned perfect 100% scores on HRC’s Congressional Scorecard for her support of the Equality Act and many other votes.
Member of LGBTQ+ Community
New Hampshire’s first openly LGBTQ+ member of Congress, Chris Pappas is now running to keep an open Senate seat in the pro-equality column. He is working to advance key civil rights priorities—such as passing the Equality Act and securing benefits for LGBTQ+ veterans—and will continue to work to make New Hampshire more affordable for all its residents.
Longtime champion Sen. Sherrod Brown is running against an appointed, anti-equality senator in Ohio for the seat JD Vance vacated to be Trump's vice president. Sen. Brown has been a champion for LGBTQ+ rights for decades, and will stand with the community and work to pass the Equality Act.
As mayor of Scranton, Paige Cognetti’s career has been guided by the vision that government should work as hard as the people it serves. She also believes in equality for the LGBTQ+ community, and supports the Equality Act and other pro-equality legislation.
Texans have a clear choice this fall. It’s a choice between the most corrupt politician to run in Texas in living memory or an honest, engaging leader in James Talarico, who will fix real problems for families across the state. LGBTQ+ Texans deserve someone who rejects the politics of fear and division and stands up for them—for their freedom and for their futures. HRC is proud to endorse James Talarico and activate our over two million Texas Equality Voters to help bring new leadership to the Senate.
As the LGBTQ+ community continues to face targeted attacks at both a state and federal level, HRC announces dozens of endorsements, including frontline members, leadership and openly LGBTQ+ members, as part of a crucial effort to retake the House and fight for LGBTQ+ equality
The program aims to retake a pro-equality majority in the US House, make pro-equality gains in the US Senate, expand the number of openly LGBTQ+ electeds, and beat back anti-LGBTQ+ ballot measures.
Join us and volunteer your time towards equality! We need your help to secure pro-equality votes in the upcoming elections.
Elections matter because your rights and your life matters! Understand your rights when it comes to voting. Find resources for voting while trans, as a college student, and general FAQs to make sure your voice is heard.
In several states this year, voters will have the opportunity to vote on ballot referendums that will impact the lives of LGBTQ+ community members. Learn more about these referenda in our voter guide.
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