Biskupski officially elected as Salt Lake City's first openly gay mayor

[Newsjock]

Source: KUTV

It is official, former Utah lawmaker Jackie Biskupski has made history, after her election as Salt Lake City's first openly gay mayor Tuesday.

Biskupski defeated Mayor Ralph Becker who was running for his third term as mayor. Election results became official Tuesday just after 2 p.m. in a tight race. The challenger defeated the mayor 52.19 percent to 47.81 percent. Biskupski received 17,290 votes to Becker's 15,840.

The win in conservative Utah marks a milestone for the LGBT community in the city that shares world headquarters with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that is opposed to same-sex marriage and homosexual relationships.

... Becker was supportive of same-sex marriage and even performed such marriages when it became legal in Utah to do so.

Read more: http://kutv.com/news/local/biskupski-officially-elected-as-salt-lake-citys-first-openly-gay-mayor

[cui bono]

1. Awesome!

[Skittles]

2. it will be wonderful when being openly gay is no longer news

WOOO!!!

[Hydra]

3. We're moving fast towards that here in Utah

Being LBGT barely gets you a look now. So different from 10 years ago. Something we're doing here is working.

[Beartracks]

4. Only ~ 33,000 votes?!

What's the population of Salt Lake City? Sounds like a pretty low turnout.

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[Newsjock]

5. Surprisingly, SLC is only about 192,000 people

The metro area is much larger, of course.