Atheist elected officials Irreligion in the United States

1 atheist elected officials

1.1 former united states senators
1.2 former united states representatives
1.3 former state governors
1.4 current state legislators
1.5 former state legislators
1.6 former mayors
1.7 current city council members
1.8 former city council members

atheist elected officials
former united states senators

thomas gore (democratic), 1st class 3 , 3rd class 2 united states senator oklahoma

former united states representatives

pete stark (democratic), member of u.s. house of representatives california s 13th district, 9th district, , 8th district
barney frank (democratic), member of u.s. house of representatives massachusetts s 4th district

former state governors

culbert olson (democratic), 29th governor of california
jesse ventura (reform/independence), 38th governor of minnesota

current state legislators

ernie chambers (independent), nebraska legislator 11th district

former state legislators

culbert olson (democratic), utah senator
culbert olson (democratic), california senator
barney frank (democratic), massachusetts representative 8th , 5th suffolk district
lori lipman brown (democratic), nevada senator
sean faircloth (democratic), maine representative 17th , 117th district
sean faircloth (democratic), maine senator 9th district

former mayors

jesse ventura (independent), mayor of brooklyn park, minnesota
rocky anderson (democratic), 33rd mayor of salt lake city

current city council members

sean faircloth (democratic), bangor, maine city council member

former city council members

cecil bothwell (democratic), asheville, north carolina city council member




^ real time bill maher episode #149 april 10, 2009 . www.veoh.com. 
^ stark called himself unitarian not believe in supreme being , has been identified atheist. rep. stark applauded atheist outlook: believed first congressman declare nontheism, associated press, march 13, 2007 (accessed june 15, 2007)
^ wong, curtis (2013-08-09). barney frank s pot-smoking atheist revelation discussed on rubin report . huffington post. retrieved 2013-08-09. 
^ hon. atheist governor: culbert l. olson archived september 23, 2008, @ wayback machine.
^ jesse ventura says m atheist . 
^ jesse ventura said, m atheist on cnn s piers morgan tonight , 17 september 2012.
^ hammel, paul. ernie chambers targets me god in oaths . omaha world-herald. archived original on september 4, 2013. retrieved september 4, 2013. 
^ can elected openly gay politician in country, can t elected openly atheistic 1 , said lori lipman brown, hired last fall washington, d.c., lobbyist organization devoted atheist causes, secular coalition america. s believed first paid lobbyist unbelievers in nation s capital, front lines of culture wars. now, brown seeking constituency willing go public. think of lgbt movement 25 years ago , said brown, has worked on gay , lesbian rights issues legislator , attorney. s atheists today. […] brown, married , raised humanistic jew , talks how came out atheist several years ago, , how atheists aren t out yet @ work. says atheist kids—like many gay children—are made feel outcasts @ school, , explains wants erase negative connotation word atheist homosexuals have reclaimed slurs queer , dyke. joe garofoli, atheists hoping assert rights in religious era , san francisco chronicle, february 20, 2006 (accessed june 16, 2008).
^ atheists speak - sean faircloth part 1 of 4 (episode #33)
^ voterocky.org
^ obituary: had many friends across wide spectrum of economic, social , religious backgrounds, of whom respected , honored. while carolyn [his wife] devoted presbyterian, nontheist,