What This Senate Needs is a Good Old Fashioned Lesbian 10.98K Jim Newell 09/06/11 12:27PM Filed to: Candidates Candidates Tammy baldwin Senate Congress Wisconsin Gay Lesbians Appic Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin has announced she'll run for Senate, and "she will very likely be considered the front-runner for the Democratic nomination." She would be the first openly gay senator in history.