Power List 2014: KEN MEHLMAN

Businessman/Political Strategist, 47

Since coming out in 2010, former Republican National Committee chairman Mehlman has been a revolutionary leader in his party. Through his work with the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), Mehlman persuaded dozens of conservatives to sign a brief to the Supreme Court condemning California's Prop 8. Mehlman's position at AFER has also helped win marriage equality in New York, Maine, Maryland, and Minnesota.

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