NYC Adds Two More Gays To City Council (And They're NOT From Manhattan)

Two of the three openly gay city council candidates from Queens won yesterday's Democratic primary and are expected to coast to November victories in their overwhelmingly Dem districts.

Openly gay candidates made gains in local New York City primary elections on Tuesday, as Daniel Drumm and James Van Bramer [JMG: pictured], both from Queens, each won their district’s Democratic nomination for City Council. As winning the primary is tantamount to capturing the seat in the heavily Democratic districts, Drumm and Van Bramer appear poised to become the first openly gay elected officials to represent a borough outside Manhattan. Out lesbian Lynn Schulman, also from Queens, narrowly lost her city council bid. All three candidates received support from the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund.

Openly lesbian City Council Speaker Christine Quinn took 52% of the vote to hold her Manhattan district, as did out Manhattan lesbian Rosie Mendez, who won with a larger margin. NYC Comptroller William Thompson took the Democratic win to face Bloomberg's third term billions in November. Good luck with that.

(Via - The Advocate)