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This Feb. 22, 2013 photo provided by the Schubert campaign shows a Anne Marie Schubert, who's running for the Sacramento County District Attorney candidate in the June, 2014 primary. Schubert, a deputy district attorney, is opposed by Deputy Attorney General Maggy Krell and former county and federal prosecutor Todd Leras. Schubert, who is openly gay, a distinction that generally wouldn’t matter in a state where 7 percent of the Legislature is gay, including both the current and former speakers of the state Assembly, is the younger sister of Proposition 8’s key proponent and political strategist, Frank Schubert. (AP Photo/Schubert for District Attorney Campaign)
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FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2009 file photo, Frank Schubert, campaign director for Stand for Marriage Maine, talks to supporters of Yes on 1, in Portland, Maine. Schubert who was the key proponent and political strategist, of California's Proposition 8, is the older brother of Sacramento county District Attorney candidate, Anne Marie Schubert, who is gay. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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In this April 23, 2014 photo,transgender high school students Isaac Barnett, left, and his prom date, identified only by his first name Jasen, relax along a creek in the Country Club Plaza shopping district after picking up their tuxedos for prom. The seniors, both born as females, are open about their transgender status in their schools and say friends, teachers and administrators have been much more supportive than they expected. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this April 23, 2014 photo, transgender high school students Isaac Barnett, right, and his prom date, identified only by his first name Jasen, walk along a creek in the Country Club Plaza shopping district after picking up their tuxedos for prom in Kansas City, Mo. The seniors, both born as females, are open about their transgender status in their schools and say friends, teachers and administrators have been much more supportive than they expected. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this April 23, 2014 photo, transgender high school students Isaac Barnett, left, and his prom date, identified only by his first name Jasen, look at the Kansas City, Mo. skyline after picking up their tuxedos for prom Wednesday, April 23, 2014. The seniors, both born as females, are open about their transgender status in their schools and say friends, teachers and administrators have been much more supportive than they expected. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this April 23, 2014 photo, transgender high school students Isaac Barnett, right, and his prom date, identified only by his first name Jasen, get ready to take photos after picking up their tuxedos for prom in Kansas City, Mo. The seniors, both born as females, are open about their transgender status in their schools and say friends, teachers and administrators have been much more supportive than they expected. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki speaks with the news media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 15, 2014, after testifying before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing to examine the state of Veterans Affairs health care. Facing calls to resign, Shinseki said Thursday that he hopes to have a preliminary report within three weeks on how widespread treatment delays and falsified patient scheduling reports are at VA facilities nationwide, following allegations that up to 40 veterans may have died while awaiting treatment at the Phoenix VA center. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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FILE - This Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 file photo shows Phillip Brown of Birmingham, Ala., chairman of the Alabama Minority GOP. Brown is one of four candidates running for Place 2 on the Public Service Commission in the June 3, 2014 Republican primary. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
