Wins and Impact

After four election cycles and more than $2M invested in pro-equality candidates and organizations, The Q Trust's donor network transitioned its work to Oath in 2026. 

Oath now carries forward the vetting, recommendations, and donor relationships that The Q Trust built, continuing the mission with an expanded platform and reach. This archive remains here as a record of what our network built together.

In 2025, The Q Trust began a new chapter: partnering directly with Oath to research, vet, and develop our slate of recommended candidates and organizations. 

Oath's team and research tools brought a level of rigor and reach to our targeting process that strengthened the Slate. 

THE SLATE

In February 2025, The Q Trust–recommended Democrats held the Pennsylvania House majority in a razor-thin special election, preserving the chamber's 102–101 edge and keeping Speaker Joanna McClinton in place; a critical firewall against anti-LGBTQ legislation moving through a divided state government. The bulk of the 2025 Slate's targets, legislative and federal races across Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and eight other states, are on the ballot in November 2026.

REPRESENTATION MATTERS

The 2025 Slate marked The Q Trust's most data-driven cycle yet. Working with Oath's research team, we ranked races across all ten target states by ballot level, statewide, congressional, and legislative, to direct donor dollars toward the contests where they could do the most good. The slate includes historic opportunities to elect openly LGBTQ+ candidates who would "shift not just seats, but stories," alongside the re-election of proven advocates like U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids in Kansas, and first-time candidates confronting anti-LGBTQ legislation head-on in states like Alaska, Texas, and West Virginia.

PUSHING FORWARD

The success of this partnership made clear that Oath was the right home for our network's long-term future. By the end of 2025, what began as a collaboration on a single cycle had become the foundation for a full transition; one we formalized in early 2026.

MAJOR WINS

We helped elect or defend pro‑equality representatives in states where policy momentum was on the line. In Arizona, Christine Marsh (Senate 28) and Judy Schwiebert (House 20) secured wins that advanced our goal of building pro‑equality legislative influence. Kansas saw Jeff Pittman (Senate 5) and Jo Ella Hoye (House 17) win critical victories to chip away at Republican supermajorities. Michigan yielded both Michigan Supreme Court seats with Bridget Mary McCormack and Elizabeth Welch, and Christine Morse (House 61) also won in the State House. And in North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper was re‑elected—an anchor in the fight for progressive policy.

REPRESENTATION MATTERS
These victories strengthened pro‑equality majorities and protected key leadership roles across multiple states. They illustrate how targeted investments can preserve openings for policy change and representation at the state level.

PUSHING FORWARD
The 2022 donor contributions created tipping-point moments in key states, delivering both short-term wins and long-term organizing gains. While not every seat flipped, the successes in Alaska, Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, and North Carolina moved the needle toward greater pro‑equality representation, and the close calls in other states laid important groundwork for future victories.

MAJOR WINS
We helped elect or defend pro‑equality representatives in states where policy momentum was on the line. In Arizona, Christine Marsh (Senate 28) and Judy Schwiebert (House 20) secured wins that advanced our goal of building pro‑equality legislative influence. Kansas saw Jeff Pittman (Senate 5) and Jo Ella Hoye (House 17) win critical victories to chip away at Republican supermajorities. Michigan yielded both Michigan Supreme Court seats with Bridget Mary McCormack and Elizabeth Welch, and Christine Morse (House 61) also won in the State House. And in North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper was re‑elected—an anchor in the fight for progressive policy.

REPRESENTATION MATTERS
These victories strengthened pro‑equality majorities and protected key leadership roles across multiple states. They illustrate how targeted investments can preserve openings for policy change and representation at the state level.

PUSHING FORWARD
The 2022 donor contributions created tipping-point moments in key states, delivering both short-term wins and long-term organizing gains. While not every seat flipped, the successes in Alaska, Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, and North Carolina moved the needle toward greater pro‑equality representation, and the close calls in other states laid important groundwork for future victories.

MAJOR WINS

In its inaugural 2020 cycle, The Q Trust donor network collectively contributed $1,453,625 to recommended races and local partners—an ambitious first investment that delivered meaningful impact. Our support helped secure major victories across battleground states: we flipped all three targeted Anchorage State House districts in Alaska, strengthening a pro-equality governing coalition; we won critical seats in Arizona with Christine Marsh (Senate District 28) and Judy Schwiebert (House District 20); we helped elect Shevrin Jones and Michele Rayner to the Florida legislature; and in Georgia, we flipped key State House seats, laying essential groundwork for future progress. These early wins not only brought new leadership to the forefront—they also demonstrated the power and potential of strategic, values-driven giving.

REPRESENTATION MATTERS
Our investments strengthened local leadership in places where policy and protections were most at risk. Leaders like Christine Marsh, Ivy Spohnholz, and Liz Snyder brought critical voices to governance in Anchorage; in Florida and Georgia, emerging pro-equality lawmakers helped expand the terrain of possibility for statewide protections.

PUSHING FORWARD
The inaugural 2020 cycle showed that strategic philanthropy can deliver both wins and movement-building. By helping flip key races in Alaska, Arizona, Florida, and Georgia, the Q Trust drove short-term victories and surfaced new leaders. At the same time, competitive losses sharpened the organizing infrastructure and momentum, laying a foundation for future cycles of progress.