Stephen P. "Steve" Pougnet (born April 27, 1963) is an American

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 politician

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 and the current mayor of Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs, California

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. His term will expire in 2011. Pougnet is a member of the Democratic Party

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.

Pougnet is openly gay. Pougnet ran unopposed in the June 2010 primary election

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 to win the Democratic nomination for the United States House of Representatives

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 seat representing California's 45th congressional district

California's 45th congressional district

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. In the November 2010 election

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, he ran against American Independent

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 Bill Lussenheide, and against the Republican

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 incumbent, Mary Bono Mack. Bono Mack defeated both Pougnet and Lussenheide in the general election.

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