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Wiener, von Wilpert Win California Primaries, Boost LGBTQ Representation

6/4/2026

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The California 11th and 48th District primaries produced winners Scott Wiener and Marni von Wilpert, securing November ballot spots and joining three other Equality PAC-endorsed candidates who also advanced.
Wiener’s decade-long LGBTQ+ rights, healthcare and housing record earned Human Rights Campaign endorsement and a six-figure Equality California ad spend.
Von Wilpert’s civil-rights law defending HIV/AIDS patients and opposing library censorship could make her California’s only out LGBTQ+ woman in Congress.

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The California 11th and 48th District primaries produced winners Scott Wiener and Marni von Wilpert, securing November ballot spots and joining three other Equality PAC-endorsed candidates who also advanced.
Wiener’s decade-long LGBTQ+ rights, healthcare and housing record earned Human Rights Campaign endorsement and a six-figure Equality California ad spend.
Von Wilpert’s civil-rights law defending HIV/AIDS patients and opposing library censorship could make her California’s only out LGBTQ+ woman in Congress.