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WLOX - Nearly 40 years after he created the multi-color symbol of the LGBT movement, Gilbert Baker died Friday at the age of 65. Details about his death are unknown at this time, but friends say Baker died in his sleep. News of the man known as the father of the rainbow flag spread on social media. My dearest friend in the world is gone. Gilbert Baker gave the world the Rainbow Flag; he gave me forty years of love and friendship. pic.twitter.com/titd3XZ0zD — Cleve Jones (@CleveJones1) March 31, 2017 According to his website, the first flag - which was...

State Sen Kim Hendren State Sen Gilbert Baker Tom Cox Businessman Curtis Coleman Out of these folks, who are the conservatives? Who can most easily defeat Lincoln in the general election? Arkansas FReepers please weigh in here.

Research 2000, in conjunction with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, has polled the Arkansas Senate race. The good news for Blanche Lincoln is that she leads her opponents; she leads Gilbert Baker 41%-39% and she leads Curtis Coleman 43%-38%. The bad news is that I follow Senate races like Kirstie Alley follows the Swiss Made Fudge catalog, and I still have to look up who Gilbert Baker and Curtis Coleman are (the answer, according to Politics1, is "state senate minority leader" and "Republican activist"). Senators who have trouble getting to 40%, let alone 50%, against completely unknown opponents don't last...

The field of candidates hoping to unseat U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., in the 2010 election cycle grew even larger Tuesday with the announcement by Arkansas Sen. Gilbert Baker, R-Conway, that he is in the running. “After encouragement from people all across the state and with the support of my family and close friends, I have decided that during this important time in our nation’s history, one should not be a political spectator. I believe that Arkansas’ next United States Senator should help provide checks and balances on the policies being pushed by Pres. Obama and the D.C. leadership,” Baker...