Same-sex marriage rights advance
Longtime LGBT ally seeks to have state intervene as co-plaintiff before Nov. 20 hearing
But enforcement may be an issue
State Department seeks to highlight pro-LGBTI efforts
National implications
Middleton is top vote-getter in field of six
Durkan served as U.S. attorney for Western Washington, the first openly gay U.S. attorney in the nation
Lisa Middleton's election heralds a night of coast to coast electoral progress for transgender people
Jenkins obtained 73.1 percent of the vote as first choice vote
Defeats a 35 year incumbent who is one of the state's most homophobic candidates
