Why doesn’t ECCO endorse more Republicans?
During the decision making process for election recommendation, Republican candidates actually receive MORE consideration than others simply because we WANT to endorse and support moderate Republicans. In 2000, ECCO was guaranteed that Assembly candidates Tom Harman (Huntington Beach) and Lyn Daucher (Diamond Bar) were moderates so we endorsed them. Since their victory, they have voted against EVERY LGBT bill. We now rate them as “unacceptable” based on their track record, not on any perceived ECCO bias. According to a 2003 report issued by the Lambda Letters Project (a non-partisan Sacramento-based LGBTI lobby group), Democrats far outpaced their Republican counterparts when AB 17, AB 196, AB 205 and AB 458 were considered. In fact, Assembly Democrats voted positively on this legislation 86% of the time; Assembly Republicans voted negatively 97%. The Senate wasn’t much different. Senate Democrats supported these bills 91% of the time; Senate Republicans voted against them 80% of the t
