More LGBTQ candidates in 2018 are running than ever before, so get ready for the “rainbow wave”.

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A record number of LGBTQ candidates are running for office in 2018 — a movement The New York Times is calling a “rainbow wave.” More than 400 LGBTQ candidates are running this year, according to the Times, with most of them running as Democrats, and a few as Republicans.

Although many LGBTQ candidates are running in opposition to…