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Sheila James Kuehl Kuehl was slated for her own spinoff, Zelda, and four episodes were filmed, but the project was dropped when rumors began to circulate that she was a lesbian. When she was passed over for a promotion in favor of a man with less experience she began to see major obstacles for women in the job market. She went back to school, received a law degree from the Harvard Law School and became an advocate for equal rights as an attorney specializing in Feminist causes before being elected to the California State Assembly in 1994.

Completed two four-year terms in the California State Senate, winning her seat in 2000 and again in 2004 after serving for 6 years in the State Assembly where she was the first openly gay or lesbian person to be elected to the California Legislature. [2009]

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(November 2000) Elected to the California State Senate, November 2000, for a four-year term.

(November 2004) Reelected to the California State Senate by a landslide victory

(January 2007) She has filed a "Statement of Intention" to run for California Secretary of State in 2010.

(December 2008) Termed out of the State Senate, she was appointed to the California Integrated Waste Management Board, overseeing California's recycling laws.

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