Bay Area Reporter :: Political Notes: Out CA candidates rack up support for their historic 2022 bids
A quartet of out candidates in California in recent weeks has racked up significant support for their historic 2022 bids.
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A quartet of out candidates in California in recent weeks has racked up significant support for their historic 2022 bids.
A quartet of out candidates in California in recent weeks has racked up significant support for their historic 2022 bids.
For years Santa Clara native Anthony Becker sought to have a say in the direction of the South Bay city. He ran unsuccessfully five years ago for a City Council seat then came up short in his 2018 mayoral bid. Undaunted, Becker landed a seat on the city's planning commission and used that perch to mount a winning bid for council last year. His victory made him the first gay councilman in Santa Clara and only the second LGBTQ person to serve on the City Council. (Jamie McLeod-Skinner, a lesbian elected in 2004, was the first and served two four-year terms.) Seven months into his first term Bec...
Various Bay Area cities will be kicking off Pride Month next week with flag raising ceremonies the morning of June 1. Other municipalities will follow suit on subsequent days of the month.