Lexington, Ky. elects openly gay man as mayor

[terrya]

It may be a crappy night tonight, but I think this is outstanding!

Kentucky’s second-largest city has elected an openly gay man as its next mayor. Vice-Mayor Jim Gray was victorious tonight in his second campaign for the city’s top job, beating incumbent Mayor Jim Newberry.

“This is a tremendous victory for Lexington, for Kentucky’s LGBT community and for fairness. We are proud of Jim Gray and his fantastic campaign staff who fought hard for this win,” said Chuck Wolfe, Victory Fund’s president and CEO.

Gray was among more than 100 openly LGBT candidates standing for election across the U.S. today.

http://www.gaypolitics.com/2010/11/02/breaking-lexington-kentucky-elects-openly-gay-mayor/

[babylonsister]

1. Excellent news! Hard to believe KY did that (and no

offense to anyone, but they seem so very conservative).

[terrya]

4. Oh, I agree.

This is deep in the heart of the Red states. Pretty cool.

[Kalyke]

16. It's not that hard to believe, because cities - urban areas - are blue

in nearly every state and rural areas are red in nearly every state.

The only difference is that the rural areas in the South and Mid-West are more vast than our urban areas, unlike the North and West.

[femrap]

22. I used to live in Lexington....

very progressive, imho.

[Barack_America]

2. Happy to K&R.

[barbtries]

3. and this is the same state

where rand paul is supposed to win right? go figure. yay for lexington ky.

[PVnRT]

5. He is?

No mention of that anywhere, that I saw, on the local media outlets during the campaign. No one even brought it up.

[terrya]

7. I actually found this story at daily kos

[Dappleganger]

6. Silver lining...

congrats to KY!

[madinmaryland]

8. Hopefully Ben Chandler will get some of those votes, also.

[DesertFlower]

9. that's great.

[political_Dem]

10. It is quite an achievement. Congratulations!

Thank you for reporting this hopeful news on such an anxious night.

[sufrommich]

11. Wow, good one Lexington! nt

[RainDog]

12. great news!

congrats and yeah for Lexington!

[Kalyke]

13. Gives me so much hope!

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

14. Really??

I LIVE in Kentucky--read the paper, watch local news, etc., and I did not know this. That brightened my evening after the Paul debacle. Thanks for the info.

[Shrader]

15. Some great news. Thanks.

[madrchsod]

17. i guess god will have to put the smack down on lexington....

great win for the mayor and a great win for the voters.

[PopSixSquish]

18. The State and City of My Birth Done Me Proud Tonight!

To quote Joe Biden "THIS IS A BIG FUCKING DEAL!!!"

[joeybee12]

19. Good news, but apparently Ky i bi-polar...

or schizophrenic...come on, RAnd Fucking Paul?????

[era veteran]

20. joeybee, Lexington is an Oasis of progressives

Working on the desert part.

[era veteran]

21. Was not an issue.