black man elected to a city council in the United States Mississippi Southaven Mayor: Greg Davis (came out in 2011) New Hampshire Nashua Board of Education: Tim Nickerson, elected 1997, First openly gay person elected at any level in NH. Others previously elected came out after his election New Jersey Chatham Borough Mayor: Bruce Harris, elected 2011 Maywood Mayor: Tim Eustace New Mexico Santa Fe Mayor: Javier Gonzales New York Eddie Sundquist, elected 2019, is the first openly gay mayor of Jamestown, New York. North Carolina Wake County (NC capital county, incl. Raleigh) Commissioner Greg Ford, first openly gay county commissioner in Wake County and first openly gay board chairman (elected 2019) and vice chairman (elected 2018) in North Carolina. Elected in 2016. Reelected in 2018. Carrboro Mayor Michael R. Nelson, elected 1995 (first openly gay mayor elected in NC) Chapel Hill Town councilman Joe Herzenberg, elected 1987 (first openly gay elected official in the South) Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt, elected 2009 Raleigh Raleigh city councilman: Saige Martin, elected 2019 Oregon Portland Sam Adams Silverton Stu Rasmussen (transgender) Pennsylvania Erie Tyler Titus, a transgender man, became the first openly transgender person elected to public office in Pennsylvania when he was elected to the Erie School Board in 2017. Rhode Island Providence Mayor: David Cicilline Texas Houston Mayor (Major City): Annise Parker, elected 2009, assumed office January 2010 Kemp Mayor (Any City): Matthew Ganssle, elected 2009, assumed office May 2009 New Hope Mayor: Jess Herbst, appointed 2016, came out as transgender 2017 Utah Willy Marshall, a member of the Libertarian Party, became the first openly gay mayor in Utah when he was elected mayor of Big Water in 2001. Virginia Jay Fisette, elected member of Arlington County Board, Virginia, as openly gay in 1997. Served until 2017. Joel McDonald, member of the Virginia Beach School Board, elected 2012. First openly gay candidate to be elected in Hampton Roads. Lawrence Webb, elected member of Falls Church City School Board, Virginia. First openly gay elected African American in Virginia in 2008 to Falls Church City Council. Current member of the Falls Church City School Board. Washington Seattle Mayor: Ed Murray (male) Mayor: Jenny Durkan (female) Wisconsin Satya Rhodes-Conway – mayor of Madison. Judicial The first openly gay judge in the United States was Stephen M. Lachs, appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1979. Before leaving office in