New Jersey Assembly Candidate Would Be New Jersey’s First Openly Gay Republican Elected Official

N.J. Assembly candidate would be state's first openly gay Republican lawmaker (via NJ.com)

Patti Sapone/The Star-Ledger TRENTON — Steve Cook doesn’t want to make it the centerpiece of his campaign. There are, he says, weightier issues to take up in Trenton. But since Cook — a Republican Assembly candidate in Central Jersey’s 14th District — plans to campaign on government transparency…