News: "Colorblind Electorate?", Gay Voters, Mario Lopez

· Are white voters willing to vote for black candidates competing for high profile positions such as governor, senator ... or even president?

USA Today analyzes the current political season where a record six black candidates hold major-party nominations this year for senator and governor—three Republicans, three Democrats—and another 10 are running for such statewide office. They analyze the campaign of Deval Patrick "who is poised to become the first black governor of Massachusetts and only the second black ever elected governor in any state. He is one of a new generation of African-American politicians who are changing old assumptions about what offices black candidates can win."

· Report: Gay and lesbian turnout increases when gay marriage is on the ballot and lgbt voters may cast the deciding votes in many hotly contested races next week. Meanwhile, a new poll suggests Colorado voters could be ready to extend domestic partnership benefits to gay couples.

· Now he says it. Official gay poster boy Mario Lopez is concerned about looking "too fruity" on Dancing With the Stars.

· David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, the producers who created Will & Grace, are developing another gay sitcom for CBS.

· Come out, come out. New survey says more than 70 percent of Americans know someone who is lgbt. 83 percent of those who self-identify as gay or lesbian consider themselves "out."