Washington, DC – Today LGBTQ Victory Fund – the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office – endorsed 13 more LGBTQ candidates for the 2021 election cycle, raising its total number of endorsed candidates to 106. Among the candidates is Guyleen Castriotta, who would be the first mayor of Broomfield in Colorado; Mauro Montoya, who would be the first LGBTQ Latino and first HIV-positive person elected to the Albuquerque City Council; and Rebecca Maurer, who would be the first LGBTQ woman elected to the Cleveland City Council.
“While many consider 2021 an off-election year because there are few state legislative or Congressional elections, it is local government that often affects the daily lives of its residents more than any other level of government,” said Mayor Annise Parker, President & CEO of LGBTQ Victory Fund. “The LGBTQ candidates we endorse today will champion equality at the local level – blocking bills attacking anti-trans students, passing laws that ban conversion therapy and changing hearts and minds in their communities along the way. We have groundbreaking candidates running across the country this year and together we can help them cross the finish line.”
The complete list of candidate endorsements announced today is below:
2021 General Candidate Endorsements
Guyleen Castriotta (She/Her/Hers)
Mayor of Broomfield, CO
General Election: 11/2/2021
Mario Clopton-Zymler (He/Him/His)
Board of Education, Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District – OH
General Election: 11/2/2021
John Kashwick (He/Him/His)
Clinton Councilman – NJ
Primary Election: 6/8/2021
General Election: 11/2/2021
Nick Kor (He/Him/His)
Minneapolis City Council, Ward 7 – MN
Primary Election: 8/10/2021
General Election: 11/2/2021
Rebecca Maurer (She/Her/Hers)
Cleveland City Council, Ward 12- OH
Primary Election: 9/14/2021
General Election: 11/2/2021
Rebecca Miller (She/Her/Hers)
Somerville City Council, Ward 7 – MA
Primary Election: 9/14/2021
General Election: 11/2/2021
Mauro Montoya (He/Him/His)
Albuquerque City Council, District 7 – NM
General Election: 11/2/2021
Alyssa Porter (She/Her/Hers)
Jamestown City Council, At-large – NY
General Election: 11/2/2021
Allosious Snodgrass (He/Him/His)
Cleveland Heights City Council – OH
General Election: 11/2/2021
Aaron Zellhoefer (He/Him/His)
Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation – MN
Primary Election: 8/10/2021
General Election: 11/2/2021
2021 Incumbent Endorsements
Jeff Harris (He/Him/His)
Westwood City Council – KS
Primary Election: 5/18/2021
General Election: 11/2/2021
Malia Lewis (She/Her/Hers)
Cleveland Heights-University Heights City Board of Education- OH
General Election: 11/2/2021
Chris Wharton (He/Him/His)
Salt Lake City Council, District 3 – UT
General Election: 11/2/2021
More information about all of Victory Fund’s endorsed candidates is available at victoryfund.org/ourcandidates. Since 1991, Victory Fund has helped thousands of openly LGBTQ candidates win local, state and federal elections.
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LGBTQ Victory Fund works to achieve and sustain equality by increasing the number of openly LGBTQ elected officials at all levels of government while ensuring they reflect the diversity of those they serve.
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