In the senate, though, she said she plans to focus on school finance.
"That's a thorny issue," she said. "No one can understand how the schools have so much money and seem to not have enough money."
Kuehl, who was first elected to the state assembly in 1996, was the first openly gay member of the legislature.
"It's not exactly lovely," she said. "It makes you sort of a focal point."
Her primary victory came the same day that Californians voted 3-to-2 in favor of Proposition 22, a measure banning recognition of gay marriages performed in other states. Currently no state licenses gay marriages.
"They chose the most extreme part of their own agenda," she said of the supporters of Proposition 22. "And phrased it in a way that it sounded very reasonable to people."
But she said that she will pursue other issues important to the gay community, like equal benefits for partners.
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