A total of 28 Equality California-endorsed candidates sailed to victories in their primaries, including not only LGBT candidates but also a number of staunch allies, for offices from the local to the federal level. These candidates gain EQCA's endorsement only by being 100 percent for full lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality, including marriage equality and insurance coverage for transition-related care for transgender people.

We've been hard at work this election, helping candidates with their campaigns and turning out voters for these important races. Our staff and volunteers made tens of thousands of calls and volunteered hundreds of hours. We sent over 140,000 pieces of mail encouraging people to vote for 100 percent pro-equality candidates, and our Political Action Committee and its many donors gave generously to help them sail to victory.

But we can't stop now. We'll only make more history in our state if we keep working hard between now and November to elect every 100 percent pro-equality candidate we can at every level of government.

There are also threats we must reckon with.