CA-08

SAN FRANCISCO -- Peace activist Cindy Sheehan said the latest entry of her campaign blog that she is refusing to concede defeat to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in CA-08.

Sheehan, who ran as an independent candidate, received 16.8 percent of the votes cast during Tuesday's election. Republican challenger Dana Walsh collected 9.3 percent while Libertarian Philip Berg secured 2.2 percent of the vote.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Cindy Sheehan, the independent peace-mom-activist-turned-candidate who is running an insurgent campaign against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for control of her CA-08 seat, announced this week that several leaders in California's gay and lesbian community have endorsed her.

Sheehan said that Rosie O'Donnell, Melissa & Tammy Etheridge and Gore Vidal have all formally endorsed her campaign against Pelosi (D-San Francisco.)

In a press statement O'Donnell, the Etheridges and Vidal cited Sheehan's passionate commitment to equal protections and freedoms for the LGBT community as reasons why they are supporting Sheehan's candidacy.

"Politics are about people," said Melissa Etheridge. "When citizens become empowered and realize that democracy is there to work for them, incredible change can happen. Cindy Sheehan knows that the old guard in Washington is fear-based and needs to change. She is walking her talk and running for office. Tammy and I believe in her convictions and support her."

Cindy Sheehan, the peace-activist-mom who lost a son in Iraq and who gained national prominence by protesting outside of President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, says she has been the victim of "dirty tricks" in her campaign to dislodge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in CA-08.

In her campaign blog earlier this week, Sheehan says that:

Take a look at Shirley Golub's new ad in her uphill bid to unseat Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the Democratic primary.

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan drew a standing room only crowd this week at Cal State San Marcos this week as she continues her symbolic, uphill challenge to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.  Sheehan is an Independent candidate in California’s 8th district, where Pelosi is seeking re-election to a 14th term.