List of LGBTQ politicians in the United States

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This is an alphabetical list of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender politicians who have held office in the United States. Historical figures are included only if there is documented evidence of an open queer identity.

Most openly LGBT politicians in the U.S. are part of the Democratic Party, which has taken a more favorable stance than Republicans towards LGBT rights.^[1][2]

Federal

Executive

Image	Name	Party	Entered office	Left office	Office(s) Held (tenure)[a]	Notes
	Roberta Achtenberg (born 1950)	Democratic	1993	1995	Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (1993–1995) Commissioner, United States Commission on Civil Rights (2011–2016)	First openly lesbian or gay public official requiring United States Senate confirmation[3]
			2011	2016
	Christine Abizaid (born 1979)		2021	2024	Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (2021–2024)	First female and first openly gay director of the National Counterterrorism Center.[4][5]
	John Berry (born 1959)	Democratic	2000	2016	Director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (2000–2005) Director of the National Zoological Park (2005–2009) Director of the Office of Personnel Management (2009–2013) United States Ambassador to Australia (2013–2016)	First out head of a federal agency[6]
	Randy W. Berry (born 1965)		2015	2024	United States Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons (2015–2017) United States Ambassador to Nepal (2018–2022) United States Ambassador to Namibia (2023–2024)	First United States Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons.[7][8]
	Scott Bessent (born 1962)	Republican	2025	present	Secretary of the Treasury (2025–present)	Highest ranking LGBTQ government official to date.
	Pete Buttigieg (born 1982)	Democratic	2021	2025	Secretary of Transportation (2021–2025)	First openly gay Cabinet Secretary[9]
	Eric Fanning (born 1968)	Democratic	2013	2017	United States Under Secretary of the Air Force (2013–2015) Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense (2015; 2015–2016) United States Secretary of the Army (2016–2017)	First openly LGBT Secretary of the Army[10]
	Richard Grenell (born 1966)	Republican	2018	2020	Ambassador to Germany (2018–2020) Director of National Intelligence (2020) (Acting)	First openly gay member of the United States Cabinet, albeit in an acting capacity[11]
			2025	present	Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions	[12]
	Aditi Hardikar		2024	2025	Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Management (2024–2025)
	James Hormel (1933–2021)	Democratic	1999	2001	Ambassador to Luxembourg (1999–2001)	First openly LGBT ambassador for the United States[13]
	Alex Wagner		2022	2025	Chief of staff to the United States Secretary of the Army (2015–2017) Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) (2022–2025)

Legislative

Main article: List of LGBT members of the United States Congress

State

Executive

Image	Name (lifespan)	Party	State	Entered office	Left office[a]	Office(s) Held (tenure)	Notes
	Lisa Belcastro (born 1988)	Democratic	Maryland	2023	Incumbent	Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of Disabilities (2023–present)	[14]
	Kate Brown (born 1960)	Democratic	Oregon	2015	2023	Oregon Secretary of State (2009–2015) Governor of Oregon (2015–2023)	First openly bisexual person to be elected secretary of state in American history and Oregon's first out LGBT constitutional officer. Succeeded to the governor's office upon the resignation of John Kitzhaber (D); subsequently elected in her own right in 2016. Brown is thus the first openly LGBT person to be elected governor in the U.S.[15]
	Benjamin Cruz (born 1951)	Nonpartisan[16]	Guam	2018	Incumbent	Public Auditor of Guam (2018–present)	Previously served as an Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the Guam Supreme Court[17]
	Ed Flanagan (1950–2017)	Democratic	Vermont	1993	2001	Vermont Auditor of Accounts (1993–2001)	First openly gay state auditor to be elected in American history[18][19]
	Maura Healey (born 1971)	Democratic	Massachusetts	2015	Incumbent	Massachusetts Attorney General (2015–2023) Governor of Massachusetts (2023–present)	First out Attorney General elected at state level[20] First out Governor of Massachusetts[21]
	Elaine Howle (born 1960)	Nonpartisan	California	2001	2021	California State Auditor (2001–2021)	First woman and first out lesbian appointed California state auditor; longest-serving state auditor in California's history[22][23][24][25][26]
	Kim Coco Iwamoto (born 1968)	Democratic	Hawaii	2006	2011	Member of Hawaii Board of Education (2006–2011)	First openly transgender person to win a statewide office[27]
	Tina Kotek (born 1966)	Democratic	Oregon	2023	Incumbent	Governor of Oregon (2023–present)	First LGBT person to succeed another LGBT person (Kate Brown) as Governor.
	Ricardo Lara (born 1974)	Democratic	California	2019	Incumbent	California Insurance Commissioner (2019–present)	First out state Insurance Commissioner[28]
	Kris Mayes (born 1971)	Democratic	Arizona	2023	Incumbent	Arizona Attorney General (2023–present)	First out Attorney General of Arizona[29]
	Dale McCormick (born 1947)	Democratic	Maine	1997	2005	Maine State Treasurer (1997–2005)	First openly LGBT state treasurer (elected by state legislature) and Maine's first openly LGBT Constitutional officer[30] Possibly first out legislator for Maine
	Jim McGreevey (born 1957)	Democratic	New Jersey	2002	2004	Governor of New Jersey (2002–2004)	Came out in the same speech as his resignation First openly gay governor[31]
	Tony Miller (born 1948)	Democratic	California	1994	1995	Secretary of State of California (1994–1995)	First openly LGBT Secretary of State[32]
	Dana Nessel (born 1969)	Democratic	Michigan	2019	Incumbent	Michigan Attorney General (2019–present)	First out Attorney General of Michigan First openly LGBT person elected to statewide office in Michigan[33]
	Jared Polis (born 1975)	Democratic	Colorado	2019	Incumbent	Governor of Colorado (2019–present)	First openly gay man to be elected governor in the U.S.[34]
	Josh Tenorio	Democratic	Guam	2019	Incumbent	Lieutenant Governor of Guam (2019–present)	First openly LGBT lieutenant governor[35]
	Anthony Woods (born 1980)	Democratic	Maryland	2023	2025	Secretary of the Maryland Department of Veterans and Military Families (2023–2025)	[36]

Legislative

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Image	Name (lifespan)	Party	State	Office Held (tenure)[a]	Notes
	Kim Abbott (born 1979)	Democratic	Montana	Montana House of Representatives (2017–present)	[37]
	Gabriel Acevero (born 1990)	Democratic	Maryland	Maryland House of Delegates (2019–present)	[38]
	Patrick Ahrens (born 1989)	Democratic	California	California State Assembly (2024–present)	[39]
	Raghib Allie-Brennan (born 1991)	Democratic	Connecticut	Connecticut House of Representatives (2019–present)	[40]
	Vernetta Alston	Democratic	North Carolina	North Carolina House of Representatives (2021–present)
	Cal Anderson (1948–1995)	Democratic	Washington	Washington House of Representatives (1987–1995) Washington Senate (1995)	First openly gay legislator in Washington[41]
	Nickie Antonio (born 1955)	Democratic	Ohio	Ohio House of Representatives (2011–2019) Ohio Senate (2019–present)	First openly LGBT person elected to the Ohio General Assembly[42][43]
	Roberto Arango	New Progressive	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico Senate ( 2005–2011)	[44]
	Noah Arbit (born 1995)	Democratic	Michigan	Michigan House of Representatives (2023–present)
	Jennie Armstrong	Democratic	Alaska	Alaska House of Representatives (2023–present)	One of first three LGBT members of the Alaska State Legislature (with Ashley Carrick and Andrew Gray)
	Roy Ashburn (born 1954)	Republican	California	California State Senate (2002–2010)	Came out as gay in 2010 shortly before leaving office[45]
	Toni Atkins (born 1962)	Democratic	California	California State Assembly (2010–2016) Speaker of the Assembly (2014–2016) California State Senate (2016–present) President pro tempore of the Senate (2018–2024)	First lesbian to serve as California Assembly Speaker and first LGBT person/woman serve as President Pro Tempore of the California Senate[46]
	Lorena Austin	Democratic	Arizona	Arizona House of Representatives (2023–present)
	Jorge Báez Pagán	New Progressive	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico House of Representatives (2020–2021)	First openly gay member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives[47]
	Kyle Bailey	Democratic	Maine	Maine House of Representatives (2020–2021)
	Tammy Baldwin (born 1962)	Democratic	Wisconsin	Wisconsin State Assembly (1993–1999)	First openly lesbian woman elected to Wisconsin Legislature.
	Becca Balint (born 1968)	Democratic	Vermont	Vermont Senate (2015–2023) Senate Majority Leader (2017–2021) President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate (2021–2023)	First lesbian to serve in Vermont Senate and first woman and LGBT person to serve as president pro tempore in Vermont.[48][49]
	Imani Barnes	Democratic	Georgia	Georgia House of Representatives (2023–present)	[50]
	Phil Bartlett (born 1976)	Democratic	Maine	Maine Senate (2004–2012)
	Sam Bell (born 1989)	Democratic	Rhode Island	Rhode Island Senate (2019–present)
	Simone Bell	Democratic	Georgia	Georgia House of Representatives (2009–2015)	First African-American lesbian to serve in a U.S. state legislature[51]
	Jessica Benham (born 1990)	Democratic	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2021–present)	Openly bisexual; first openly LGBT woman in the Pennsylvania Legislature[52]
	Liz Bennett (born 1982)	Democratic	Iowa	Iowa House of Representatives (2015–2023) Iowa Senate (2023–present)	First openly LGBT woman to serve in the Iowa Legislature
	Ashley Bland Manlove (born 1986)	Democratic	Missouri	Missouri House of Representatives (2019–present)
	Jackie Biskupski (born 1966)	Democratic	Utah	Utah House of Representatives (1999–2011)	First openly LGBT elected official in Utah[53]
	Larry Bliss (born 1946)	Democratic	Maine	Maine Senate (2008–2011) Maine House of Representatives (2000–2008)
	Tiffany Bluemle	Democratic	Vermont	Vermont House of Representatives (2021–present)
	Joshua Boschee (born 1982)	Democratic-NPL	North Dakota	North Dakota House of Representatives (2015–present)	First openly LGBT person ever elected to the North Dakota Legislature.
	Ben Bowman (born 1992)	Democratic	Oregon	Oregon House of Representatives (2023–present)
	Ryan Braunberger	Democratic-NPL	North Dakota	North Dakota Senate (2023–present)
	Jabari Brisport (born 1987)	Democratic	New York	New York State Senate (2021–present)	First openly gay person of color elected to the New York State Legislature[54]
	Kate Brown (born 1960)	Democratic	Oregon	Oregon Senate (1997–2009) Oregon House of Representatives (1991–1997)	Openly bisexual and first LGBT minority and majority leader for Oregon Senate[15]
	Tim Brown (born 1962)	Republican	Ohio	Ohio House of Representatives (2013–2016)	First openly gay man and first openly LGBT Republican elected to Ohio General Assembly[55]
	Raymond Buckley (born 1959)	Democratic	New Hampshire	New Hampshire House of Representatives (1986–2004)	[56]
	Lisa Bunker (born 1982)	Democratic	New Hampshire	New Hampshire House of Representatives (2018–2022)	With Gerri Cannon, New Hampshire's first openly trans women legislators.[57]
	Edward Butler (born 1949)	Democratic	New Hampshire	New Hampshire House of Representatives (2006–2020)
	Marisabel Cabrera (born 1975)	Democratic	Wisconsin	Wisconsin State Assembly (2019–present)
	Gerri Cannon (born 1953)	Democratic	New Hampshire	New Hampshire House of Representatives (2018–present)	With Lisa Bunker, New Hampshire's first openly trans women legislators.[57]
	Park Cannon (born 1985)	Democratic	Georgia	Georgia House of Representatives (2016–present)	[58]
	Patty Contreras	Democratic	Arizona	Arizona House of Representatives (2023-–present)	[59]
	Chuck Carpenter (born 1962)	Republican	Oregon	Oregon House of Representatives (1995–1999)	First openly LGBT Republican to serve any state legislature in the United States.
	Tim Carpenter (born 1960)	Democratic	Wisconsin	Wisconsin Senate (1985–2003) Wisconsin State Assembly (1985–2003) Wisconsin Senate (2003–present) President pro tempore of the Senate (2012–2013)
	Ashley Carrick	Democratic	Alaska	Alaska House of Representatives (2023–present)	One of first three LGBT members of the Alaska State Legislature (with Jennie Armstrong and Andrew Gray)
	Sabrina Cervantes (born 1987)	Democratic	California	California State Assembly (2016–2024) California State Senate (2024-Present)	First out Latina elected to the California legislature
	Ken Cheuvront (born 1961)	Democratic	Arizona	Arizona House of Representatives (1995–2003) Arizona Senate (2003–2011)	First LGBT person elected to Arizona House of Representatives and one of the first to the Senate[60]
	David Clarenbach (born 1953)	Democratic	Wisconsin	Wisconsin State Assembly (1975–1993)	Came out after retiring from Legislature
	Demion Clinco	Democratic	Arizona	Arizona House of Representatives (2014–2015)
	Luke Clippinger (born 1972)	Democratic	Maryland	Maryland House of Delegates (2011–present)	[61]
	Cathy Connolly (born 1956)	Democratic	Wyoming	Wyoming House of Representatives (2009–2023) Minority leader (2017–2023)	First openly LGBT member and Minority Leader in Wyoming House[62]
	Corey Corbin (born 1969)	Republican (2000–2003)	New Hampshire	New Hampshire House of Representatives (2000–2004)
		Democratic (2003–2004)
	Bonnie Cullison (born 1954)	Democratic	Maryland	Maryland House of Delegates (2011–present)	[63]
	Marlene DeChane (1956–2020)	Democratic	New Hampshire	New Hampshire House of Representatives (1994–2008)
	Oscar De Los Santos	Democratic	Arizona	Arizona House of Representatives (2023–present)	First out LGBT person to represent Arizona's 11th legislative district.[64]
	Karla Drenner (born 1961)	Democratic	Georgia	Georgia House of Representatives (2001–present)	First openly LGBT member of the Georgia General Assembly[65]
	Thomas Duane (born 1955)	Democratic	New York	New York State Senate (1999–2012)	First openly gay and openly HIV-positive member of the New York State Senate[66]
	Adam Ebbin (born 1963)	Democratic	Virginia	Virginia Senate (2012–present) Virginia House of Delegates (2004–2012)	First LGBT member of Virginia House and Senate[67][68]
	George Eighmey (born 1941)	Democratic	Oregon	Oregon House of Representatives (1993–1999)	First openly LGBT person elected to Oregon state legislature[69]
	Elizabeth Edwards (born 1988)	Democratic	New Hampshire	New Hampshire House of Representatives (2014–2018)
	Johnny Ellis (1960–2022)	Democratic	Alaska	Alaska House of Representatives (1987–1993)	Came out in 2016 after leaving office[70]
	Tim Eustace (born 1957)	Democratic	New Jersey	New Jersey General Assembly (2012–2018)	Second openly gay person ever elected to the New Jersey Legislature[71]
	Kris Fair (born 1984)	Democratic	Maryland	Maryland House of Delegates (2023–present)	[63]
	Ryan Fecteau (born 1992)	Democratic	Maine	Member of Maine House of Representatives (2014–2022;2024–present) Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (2020–2022;2024–present)	First openly gay Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives[72]
	Art Feltman (born 1958)	Democratic	Connecticut	Connecticut House of Representatives (1997–2009)	Likely first out legislator in Connecticut Assembly[73]
	Mark Ferrandino (born 1977)	Democratic	Colorado	Colorado House of Representatives (2007–2015) Minority Leader (2011–2013) Speaker of the House (2013–2015)	First openly gay House Speaker and House Minority Leader of the Colorado General Assembly[74]
	Leigh Finke	Democratic (DFL)	Minnesota	Minnesota House of Representatives (2023–present)	First openly transgender state legislator in Minnesota[75]
	William P. Fitzpatrick (born 1961)	Democratic	Rhode Island	Rhode Island Senate (1993–1997)	First our LGBT person to Rhode Island state legislature[76]
	J. D. Ford (born 1982)	Democratic	Indiana	Indiana Senate (2018–Present)	First openly LGBT person elected to the Indiana General Assembly[77]
	Gordon Fox (born 1961)	Democratic	Rhode Island	Rhode Island House of Representatives (1993–2015) Majority Leader (2003–2010) Speaker of the House (2010–2014)	First openly LGBT Speaker of the House[78]
	Althea Garrison (born 1940)	Republican	Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives (1993–1995)	First transgender person to hold state office; outed against her will.[79]
	Deborah J. Glick (born 1950)	Democratic	New York	New York State Assembly (1991–present)	First openly LGBT member of the New York State legislature[80]
	Lisa Grafstein (born 1966)	Democratic	North Carolina	North Carolina Senate (2023–present)	[81]
	Andrew Gray (born c. 1975)	Democratic	Alaska	Alaska House of Representatives (2023–present)	One of first three LGBT members of the Alaska State Legislature (with Jennie Armstrong and Ashley Carrick)
	Patrick Guerriero (born 1968)	Republican	Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives (1993–1998)	Came out publicly as gay while running for lieutenant governor in 2002[82]
	Steve Gunderson (born 1951)	Republican	Wisconsin	Wisconsin State Assembly (1975–1979)	Outed as gay in 1994 while serving in Congress
	Reed Gusciora (born 1960)	Democratic	New Jersey	New Jersey General Assembly (1996–2018)	First openly gay member of the New Jersey state legislature[83]
	Torrey Harris (born 1991)	Democratic	Tennessee	Tennessee House of Representatives (2021–present)	With Eddie Mannis, first openly gay member of the Tennessee House of Representatives[84]
	Leslie Herod (born 1982)	Democratic	Colorado	Colorado House of Representatives (2017–present)	First out Black person elected to Colorado House[85]
	Keturah Herron (born 1980)	Democratic	Kentucky	Kentucky House of Representatives (2022–present)	First LGBT person elected to the Kentucky General Assembly
	Jason Hoskins	Democratic	Michigan	Michigan House of Representatives (2023–present)
	Kim Coco Iwamoto (born 1968)	Democratic	Hawaii	Hawaii House of Representatives (2025–present)	First transgender legislator in Hawaii history.[86]
	Shevrin Jones (born 1983)	Democratic	Florida	Florida House of Representatives (2012–2020) Florida Senate (2020–present)	First openly LGBT black person elected to the Florida Legislature[87]
	Daniel Innis (born 1963)	Republican	New Hampshire	New Hampshire Senate (2016–2018)
	Corey Jackson (born 1982)	Democratic	California	California State Assembly (2023–present)
	Kim Jackson (born 1984)	Democratic	Georgia	Georgia State Senate (2021–present)	First LGBT member of the Georgia State Senate[88]
	Jolanda Jones (born 1965)	Democratic	Texas	Texas House of Representatives (2022–present)
	Venton Jones	Democratic	Texas	Texas House of Representatives (2023–present)
	Jolie Justus (born 1971)	Democratic	Missouri	Missouri Senate (2007–2015)	First openly gay member of the Missouri Senate[89][90]
	Anne Kaiser (born 1968)	Democratic	Maryland	Maryland House of Delegates (2003–present)	[91]
	Christine Kaufmann (born 1951)	Democratic	Montana	Montana House of Representatives (2000–2007) Montana Senate (2007–2017)	First out person elected to Montana Senate[92]
	RaShaun Kemp	Democratic	Georgia	Georgia State Senate (2025–present)	[93]
	Malcolm Kenyatta (born 1990)	Democratic	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2019–present)	First openly LGBT+ person of color elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly[94]
	Chris Kolb (born 1958)	Democratic	Michigan	Michigan House of Representatives (2001–2006)	First openly gay member of Michigan Legislature[95]
	Tina Kotek (born 1966)	Democratic	Oregon	Oregon House of Representatives (2007–2022) Speaker pro tempore (2011) Majority Leader (2011–2013) Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives (2013–2022)	First openly lesbian state House speaker in U.S.[96]
	Sheila Kuehl (born 1941)	Democratic	California	California State Assembly (1994–2000) California Senate (2000–2008)	First openly LGBT California State Legislature member
	Tony Labranche (born 2001)	Democratic	New Hampshire	New Hampshire House of Representatives (2020–2022)	Youngest openly LGBT+ legislator in U.S. History[97]
		Independent
	John Laird (born 1950)	Democratic	California	California State Assembly (2002–2008) California Senate (2020–Present)	First out California Assembly member alongside Mark Leno[98]
	Ricardo Lara (born 1974)	Democratic	California	California State Assembly (2010–2012) California State Senate (2012–2019)	[99]
	Stacie Laughton (born 1984)	Democratic	New Hampshire	New Hampshire House of Representatives (2022)	Previously elected to the House in 2012, becoming the first transgender person to win a legislative election, but election was nullified before taking office.[100]
	Alex Lee (born 1995)	Democratic	California	California State Assembly (2020–present)	First openly bisexual member of the California Assembly[101]
	Nicole (Cole) LeFavour (born 1964)	Democratic	Idaho	Idaho State House (2004–2008) Idaho State Senate (2009–2012)	First openly LGBTQ member of the Idaho Legislature. As an activist, led 2014 Add the 4 Words civil disobedience resulting in over 100 arrests in the Idaho Capitol.
	Mark Leno (born 1951)	Democratic	California	California State Assembly (2002–2008) California State Senate (2008–2016)	One of two first out gay men elected to California State Assembly and first elected to the State Senate[98]
	Sonya Jaquez Lewis (born 1957)	Democratic	Colorado	Colorado House of Representatives (2019–present)	First Latina and the first LGBT person ever elected to the Colorado General Assembly from Boulder County, Colorado[102]
	Mark Levine (born 1966)	Democratic	Virginia	Virginia House of Delegates (2016–2022)	Openly gay Congressman elected to Virginia House of Delegates[103]
	Donna M. Loring (born 1948)	Democratic	Maine	Maine House of Representatives (1997–2008)	Possibly one of first two out women in Maine legislature (with Judy Powers)
	Evan Low	Democratic	California	California State Assembly (2016–2024)	[104]
	Richard Madaleno (born 1965)	Democratic	Maryland	Maryland House of Delegates (2003–2007) Maryland Senate (2007–2019)	First openly LGBT member of the Maryland Senate[105]
	Eddie Mannis (born 1959)	Republican	Tennessee	Tennessee House of Representatives (2021–present)	With Torrey Harris, first openly gay member of the Tennessee House of Representatives[84]
	Christian Manuel	Democratic	Texas	Texas House of Representatives (2023–present)
	Ashanti Martinez (born 1996)	Democratic	Maryland	Maryland House of Delegates (2023–present)	[106]
	Glen Maxey (born 1952)	Democratic	Texas	Texas House of Representatives (1991–2003)	First openly LGBT member of Texas Legislature[107]
	Erin Maye Quade (born 1986)	Democratic (DFL)	Minnesota	Minnesota House of Representatives (2017–2019) Minnesota Senate (2023–present)	One of two first openly-lesbian women elected to Minnesota Senate
	Sarah McBride (born 1990)	Democratic	Delaware	Delaware Senate (2021–2025)	First openly transgender state senator in the U.S.[108]
	Maggie McIntosh (born 1947)	Democratic	Maryland	Maryland House of Delegates (1992–2023)	First LGBT state legislator in Maryland, came out in 2001[109]
	Lawrence McKeon (1944–2008)	Democratic	Illinois	Illinois House of Representatives (1997–2005)	First out member of Illinois General Assembly and possibly first HIV positive elected official in United States[110]
	Robert Meza	Democratic	Arizona	Arizona House of Representatives (2003–2011; 2019–Present) Arizona Senate (2011–2019)	First openly gay Hispanic/Latino state legislator in the U.S.
	Heather Meyer (born 1980)	Democratic	Kansas	Kansas House of Representatives (2021–present)	First openly bisexual member of the Kansas House of Representatives[111]
	Carole Migden (born 1948)	Democratic	California	California State Assembly (1996–2002) California Senate (2004–2008)	One of first out queer women to serve in California legislature and first woman and lesbian to chair Committee on Appropriations[112]
	McKim Mitchell (born 1954)	Democratic	New Hampshire	New Hampshire House of Representatives (1998–2004)
	Heather Mizeur (born 1972)	Democratic	Maryland	Maryland House of Delegates (2007–2015)	[113]
	Jason Morgan	Democratic	Michigan	Michigan House of Representatives (2023–present)	[114]
	Sue Mullen	Democratic	New Hampshire	New Hampshire House of Representatives (2018–present)
	Peter Murphy (born 1949)	Democratic	Maryland	Maryland House of Delegates (2007–2014)	[115]
	Ed Murray (born 1955)	Democratic	Washington	Washington House of Representatives (1995–2007) Washington Senate (2007–2013) Senate Minority Leader (2012–2013)	First openly gay minority leader in Washington and openly gay Mayor of Seattle
	Kameron Nelson	Democratic	South Dakota	South Dakota House of Representatives (2023–present)	First gay man elected to South Dakota Legislature
	Elaine Noble (born 1944)	Democratic	Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives (1975–1979)	First person out at election to serve on a state legislature[116]
	Blake Oshiro (born 1970)	Democratic	Hawaii	Hawaii House of Representatives (2001–2011)	After coming out in 2010, became first LGBT Majority Leader for the Hawaii House[117]
	Clare Oumou Verbeten	Democratic (DFL)	Minnesota	Minnesota Senate (2023–present)	One of two first openly-lesbian women elected to Minnesota Senate
	Sam Park (born 1985)	Democratic	Georgia	Georgia House of Representatives (2017–present)	First openly gay person to be elected in the Georgia General Assembly[118]
	David Parks (born 1943)	Democratic	Nevada	Nevada Assembly (1996–2008) Nevada Senate (2008–2020)	First out LGBT official in Nevada[19]
	John Pérez (born 1969)	Democratic	California	California State Assembly (2008–2014) Speaker of the Assembly (2010–2014)	First openly LGBT Speaker of the California Assembly
	Mike Pisaturo (born 1963)	Democratic	Rhode Island	Rhode Island House of Representatives (1996–2002)	[119]
	Judy Powers (born 1944)	Democratic	Maine	Maine House of Representatives (1997–2001)	Possibly one of first two out women in Maine legislature (with Donna Loring)[120]
	Joshua Query	Democratic	New Hampshire	New Hampshire House of Representatives (2018–2022)	Openly genderqueer[121]
	Neil Rafferty	Democratic	Alabama	Alabama House of Representatives (2018–present)	First openly gay man elected to Alabama state legislature[122][123]
	Michele Rayner (born 1981)	Democratic	Florida	Florida House of Representatives (2020–Present)	First out Black queer woman elected to Florida Legislature[124]
	Lois Reckitt (born 1944)	Democratic	Maine	Maine House of Representatives (2016–present)
	Ana Irma Rivera Lassén (born 1955)	Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico Senate (2021–2025)	[125]
	Danica Roem (born 1984)	Democratic	Virginia	Virginia House of Delegates (2018–2024) Virginia Senate (2024–present)	First openly transgender state legislator in the U.S.[126] Elected in 2023 to Virginia Senate, set to become second transgender state senator in the U.S.
	Lamont Robinson (born 1982)	Democratic	Illinois	Illinois House of Representatives (2019–Present)	First out LGBT Black person elected to Illinois legislature[127]
	James Roesener	Democratic	New Hampshire	New Hampshire House of Representatives (2023–present)	First transgender man elected to a state legislature
	Stan Rosenberg (born 1949)	Democratic	Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives (1987–1991) Massachusetts Senate (1991–2018) President of the Massachusetts Senate (2015–2017)	First out Senate Majority Leader in Massachusetts
	Diane Sands (born 1947)	Democratic	Montana	Montana House of Representatives (1997–1999; 2007–2013) Montana Senate (2015–Present)	First openly LGBT person elected to Montana Legislature[128]
	Adam Scanlon (born 1996)	Democratic	Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives (2021–present)	[129]
	Renitta Shannon (born 1979)	Democratic	Georgia	Georgia House of Representatives (2017–present)	First bisexual elected to Georgia House[130]
	Gail Shibley (born 1957/1958)	Democratic	Oregon	Oregon House of Representatives (1991–1997)	First out LGBT lawmaker in Oregon[131]
	Meagan Simonaire (born 1990)	Republican	Maryland	Maryland House of Delegates (2015–2019)	[132]
		Democratic
	Tony Simone (born 1970)	Democratic	New York	New York State Assembly (2023–present)	First openly gay person to represent New York's 75th State Assembly district[133]
	Brian Sims (born 1978)	Democratic	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2012–2022)	First openly gay person elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly[134]
	Kyrsten Sinema (born 1976)	Democratic	Arizona	Arizona Senate (2011–2012) Arizona House of Representatives (2005–2011)	Openly bisexual[135]
	Stephen Skinner	Democratic	West Virginia	West Virginia House of Delegates (2013–2016)	First openly LGBT person elected to West Virginia legislature[136]
	Taylor Small (born 1994)	Progressive[b]	Vermont	Vermont House of Representatives (2021–2025)	First openly transgender member of the Vermont House of Representatives[137]
	Carlos Guillermo Smith (born 1980)	Democratic	Florida	Florida House of Representatives (2016–2022)	First openly LGBT Latino person elected to the Florida Legislature.[138]
	Allan Spear (1937–2008)	Democratic (DFL)	Minnesota	Minnesota Senate (1973–2001) President of the Minnesota Senate (1993–2001)	First openly LGBT person to serve on a state legislature (came out in 1974) and first out presiding officer for a state legislature
	Pat Spearman (born 1955)	Democratic	Nevada	Nevada Senate (2012–Present) President pro tempore (2023–present)	First out lesbian in the Nevada Legislature[139]
	Rashad Taylor (born 1981)	Democratic	Georgia	Georgia House of Representatives (2009–2013)	First openly gay person to serve in the Georgia General Assembly, second gay black man to serve in any state legislature. Came out in 2011.[140]
	Richard Tisei (born 1962)	Republican	Massachusetts	Massachusetts House of Representatives (1985–1991) Massachusetts Senate (1991–2011)	Came out as gay in 2010. Lived with his partner, Bernie Starr, since 1994;[141] they married in 2013[142]
	Patricia Todd (born 1955)	Democratic	Alabama	Alabama House of Representatives (2006–2018)	First openly LGBT person to serve in the Alabama Legislature
	Rick Trombly (born 1957)	Democratic	New Hampshire	New Hampshire House of Representatives (1979–1999) New Hampshire Senate (1999–2001)	First openly gay state legislator elected in New Hampshire[143]
	Mauree Turner (born 1992/1993)	Democratic	Oklahoma	Oklahoma House of Representatives (2021–present)	First openly non-binary state legislator in U.S. history[144]
	Tim Van Zandt (born 1963)	Democratic	Missouri	Missouri House of Representatives (1995–2003)	First out LGBT person elected to Missouri General Assembly[145]
	Jennifer Veiga (born 1962)	Democratic	Colorado	Colorado House of Representatives (1997–2003) Colorado Senate (2003–2009)	First openly gay member of Colorado legislature after coming out in 2002[146]
	Stephanie Vigil	Democratic	Colorado	Colorado House of Representatives (2023–present)	First openly Queer elected official from El Paso County, CO[147]
	Joe Vogel (born 1997)	Democratic	Maryland	Maryland House of Delegates (2023–present)	[148]
	Keisha Waites (born 1972)	Democratic	Georgia	Georgia House of Representatives (2012–2017)	[149]
	Mary L. Washington (born 1962)	Democratic	Maryland	Maryland House of Delegates (2011–2019) Maryland Senate (2019–present)	[63]
	Kathy Webb (born 1949)	Democratic	Arkansas	Arkansas House of Representatives (2009–2013) Little Rock Board of Directors (2015–Present)	First out state legislator in Arkansas[92]
	Matthew Wilson (born 1984)	Democratic	Georgia	Georgia House of Representatives (2019–present)	[150]
	Brandon Woodard (born 1990)	Democratic	Kansas	Kansas House of Representatives (2019–present)	First openly gay member of the Kansas House of Representatives[151]
	Rick Zbur (born 1957)	Democratic	California	California State Assembly (2022–present)
	Zooey Zephyr (born 1989)	Democratic	Montana	Montana House of Representatives (2023–present)	First transgender woman elected to Montana Legislature
	Dan Zwonitzer (born 1979)	Republican	Wyoming	Wyoming House of Representatives (2005–2025)	Openly gay[152]

Local

Executive

Image	Name	Party	State (or territory)	Office held (tenure)[a]	Notes
	Sam Adams (born 1963)	Democratic	Oregon	Mayor of Portland, Oregon (2009–2012)	First gay mayor of Portland and first mayor of the 30 most populous U.S. cities[153]
	Pete Buttigieg (born 1982)	Democratic	Indiana	Mayor of South Bend (2012–2020)	Came out as gay in 2015,[154] and married Chasten Glezman in 2018[155]
	Christopher Cabaldon (born 1965)	Democratic[c]	California	Mayor of West Sacramento (1998–2020)	Openly gay[156]
	Bill Crews (born 1952)	Republican	Iowa	Mayor of Melbourne, Iowa (1984–1998)	Possibly first out LGBT elected official in Iowa
	Edgardo Cruz Vélez		Puerto Rico	Mayor of Guánica, Puerto Rico (2021–present)	First Puerto Rican mayor elected as a write-in candidate[157]
	Betsy Driver (born 1964)	Democratic	New Jersey	Mayor of Flemington (2019–present)	First openly intersex elected mayor in the United States[158][159]
	Jenny Durkan (born 1958)	Democratic[c]	Washington	Mayor of Seattle (2017–2021)	Seattle's first lesbian mayor[160]
	Tim Eustace (born 1957)	Democratic	New Jersey	Mayor of Maywood (2008–2011)	Openly gay[71]
	Robert Garcia (born 1977)	Democratic	California	Mayor of Long Beach (2014–2022)	First LGBT and Latino person to hold the office
	Neil Giuliano (born 1956)	Republican	Arizona	Mayor of Tempe (1994–2004)	One of directly elected openly gay mayors in the United States and one of first out LGBT republican officials
	Todd Gloria (born 1978)	Democratic	California	Mayor of San Diego (2020–present)	First openly gay and first Person of Color to serve as mayor of San Diego[161]
	Jim Gray (born 1953)	Democratic	Kentucky	Mayor of Lexington (2011–2019)	First openly gay mayor of Lexington[162]
	Reed Gusciora (born 1960)	Democratic	New Jersey	Mayor of Trenton (2018–present)
	Richard A. Heyman (1935–1994)		Florida	Mayor of Key West (1983–1985; 1987–1989)	First out directly elected mayor in the United States[163]
	Claire Higgins	Democratic	Massachusetts	Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts (1999–2011)	Possibly first openly LGBT Mayor in Massachusetts[164]
	Ed Koch (1924–2013)	Democratic	New York	Mayor of New York City (1978–1989)	Posthumously identified as gay by The New York Times[165]
	Sheila Kuehl (born 1941)	Democratic	California	Los Angeles Board of Supervisors (2014–Present) Chair of Los Angeles County (2017–2018)
	Susan Leal (born 1949)	Democratic	California	Treasurer of San Francisco (1997–2004)	One of the first out LGBT treasurers of a major city[166]
	Lori Lightfoot (born 1962)	Democratic[c]	Illinois	Mayor of Chicago (2019–2023)	Openly lesbian
	Miguel Méndez Pérez	Popular Democratic	Puerto Rico	Mayor of Isabela, Puerto Rico (2021–present)	[125]
	Lisa Middleton (born 1952)	Democratic	California	Mayor of Palm Springs, California (2021–present)	First openly transgender mayor in California[167]
	Ed Murray (born 1955)	Democratic	Washington (state)	Mayor of Seattle (2013–2017)	First openly gay minority leader in Washington and openly gay Mayor of Seattle
	Michael R. Nelson	Democratic	North Carolina	Mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina (1995–2005)
	Ron Oden (born 1950)	Democratic	California	Mayor of Palm Springs, California (2003–2007)	First openly gay Black mayor in the United States[168]
	Liz Ordiales (born 1959)	Nonpartisan	Georgia	Mayor of Hiawassee (2017–present)	Openly lesbian mayor[169]
	Annise Parker (born 1956)	Democratic[c]	Texas	Mayor of Houston (2010–2016)	First openly LGBT mayor of a top 10 American city (by population)[170]
	Ty Penserga	Democratic	Florida	Mayor of Boynton Beach, Florida (2022–present)	[171]
	Kenneth Reeves (born 1951)	Democratic	Massachusetts	Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1992–1995; 2006–2007)	First openly gay Black person to serve as Mayor in the United States[172]
	Satya Rhodes-Conway (born 1971)	Democratic	Wisconsin	Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin (2019–present)	First openly LGBT and lesbian Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin[173]
	E. Denise Simmons (born 1951)		Massachusetts	Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (2008–2010; 2016–2018)	First openly Black lesbian mayor in the United States[168]

Legislative

Image	Name	Party	State	Office Held (tenure)[a]	Notes
	Mark Aguirre		Delaware	Rehoboth Beach City Commission (2003-?)	First out city council member elected in Delaware and one of first out Delaware officials[174]
	Liliana Bakhtiari	Democratic[c]	Georgia	Atlanta City Council (2022–present)	First openly queer Muslim elected in Georgia[175]
	Harry Britt (1938–2020)	Democratic	California	San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1979–1993) President (1989–1990)	First openly gay city council president[176]
	Joel Burns (born 1969)		Texas	Fort Worth City Council (2008–2014)	First openly gay person elected to office in Fort Worth and Tarrant County
	Patti Bushee (born 1959)		New Mexico	Santa Fe City Council (1992–2011)	Possibly first out LGBT person to serve New Mexico[177]
	David Carr (born 1987)	Republican	New York	New York City Councilman (2021–present)[178]	First openly LGBT Republican elected to office in New York City[179]
	David Catania (born 1968)	Republican	Washington, D.C.	Council of the District of Columbia (1997–2015)	First openly gay Councilmember for Washington, D.C.[180]
	Christopher Constant	Democratic	Alaska	Anchorage Assembly (2017–present)	With Felix Rivera, one of first openly LGBT officials elected in Alaska[181]
	Joanne Conte (1933–2013)	Independent	Colorado	Arvada City Council (1991–1995)	Considered to be first openly transgender person elected to a City Council in the United States
	Phillipe Cunningham (born 1982)	Democratic	Minnesota	Minneapolis City Councilman from the 4th Ward (2018–2022)	Along with Andrea Jenkins, became the first openly transgender black elected officials in the U.S.[182] and the first trans man[183]
	Brian Coyle (1944–1991)		Minnesota	Minneapolis City Council (1984–1991)	Possibly first out LGBT Councilmember of Minneapolis[184]
	Carl DeMaio (born 1974)	Republican	California	San Diego City Council (2008–2012)	First openly gay man to San Diego Council
	Betsy Driver (born 1964)	Democratic	New Jersey	Flemington, New Jersey Councillor (2017–2019)	First openly intersex elected official in the United States[158]
	Thomas Duane (born 1955)	Democratic	New York	New York City Council (1992–1998)	With Antonio Pagán, one of the two first openly gay members of the New York City Council[66]
	Louis Escobar (1950–2020)	Democratic	Ohio	Toledo City Council (1998–2006) Council President (Unknown dates)	First LGBT person and Latino elected to serve on Toledo City Council[185] One of first council members for a major city in Ohio (with Mary Wiseman)
	Tim Eustace (born 1957)	Democratic	New Jersey	Maywood Borough Councilman (1995–1997; 2001–2008) Maywood Borough Council President (2005–2008)	Openly gay[71]
	Jay Fisette (born 1956)	Democratic	Virginia	Arlington County Board (1998–2017)	First openly gay elected official in Virginia[186]
	Stormie Forte	Democratic	North Carolina	Raleigh City Council (2020–present)	First Black woman and openly LGBT woman elected to Raleigh, NC Council[187]
	Theresa Gadus	Democratic	Ohio	Toledo City Council (2021–present)	First openly LGBT woman elected to Toledo City Council[188]
	Althea Garrison (born 1940)	Independent	Massachusetts	Boston City Council councilor at-large (2019–2020)[d]	Forcibly outed as transgender during her service in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
	Alberto J. Giménez		Puerto Rico	San Juan City Council (2021–present)	[125]
	Ricardo Gonzalez (born 1946)	Democratic	Wisconsin	Madison Common Council (1989–2000)	First openly gay Latino person elected to public office in the United States and possibly first out city council member for Madison, Wisconsin[189]
	Maria Hadden (born 1981)	Democratic	Illinois	Chicago City Council (2019–present)	First openly queer woman of color elected to Chicago City Council[190]
	Steve Hansen	Democratic	California	Sacramento City Council (2012–2020)	First openly gay member of Sacramento city council[191]
	Shannon Hardin (born 1987)	Democratic	Ohio	Columbus City Council (2014–present) Columbus City Council President (2018–present)	First Black LGBT member of Columbus City Council and first openly LGBT Council President[192]
	Sherry Harris		Washington	Seattle City Council (1992–1995)	First openly gay Black woman elected to public office in the U.S.
	Mary Jo Hudson	Democratic	Ohio	Columbus City Council (2004–2007)	First openly LGBT member and LGBT woman to serve on Columbus City Council[193][194]
	Andrea Jenkins (born 1961)	Democratic	Minnesota	Minneapolis City Councilwoman from the 8th Ward (2018–present) Vice President of the City Council (2018–2022) President of the City Council (2022–2024)	Along with Phillipe Cunningham, became the first openly transgender black elected official in the U.S.[103] and the first trans woman[195]
	Corey Johnson (born 1982)	Democratic	New York	New York City Councilman (2014–present) Speaker of the New York City Council (2019–present)	Openly gay, openly HIV-positive First gay man to hold the speakership of the New York City Council[196]
	Jolie Justus (born 1971)	Democratic	Missouri	City Council of Kansas City, Missouri (2015–2020)
	Christine Kehoe (born 1952)	Democratic	California	San Diego City Council (1993–2000) California State Assembly (2000–2004) California Senate (2004–2012)	First openly LGBT official in San Diego[197]
	Bruce Kraus (born 1954)	Democratic	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh City Council Member (2008–present) President (2014–2020)	First openly gay elected official in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[198]
	Robert Lilligren (born 1960)	Democratic	Minnesota	Minneapolis City Council (2002–2014)	First Native American elected to Minneapolis City Council and one of first openly gay members
	Raymond Lopez (born 1978)	Democratic	Illinois	Chicago City Council (2015–present)	First LGBT Latino elected to Chicago City Council along with Carlos Ramirez-Rosa[199]
	John Loza (1963–2018)	Democratic	Texas	Dallas City Council (1998–2016)	First openly LGBT city council member for a major city in Texas, alongside Annise Parker (Houston)[200]
	Rebecca Maurer (born 1989)	Democratic[c]	Ohio	Cleveland City Council (2022–present)	First openly LGBT woman elected to Cleveland City Council[201]
	Jim McGill (born 1951)		Pennsylvania	Wilkinsburg City Council (1994–2002)	First openly LGBT city council member in Pennsylvania[202]
	Kerry McCormack	Democratic	Ohio	Cleveland City Council (at least 2016–present)	First out LGBT party leader of the Cleveland City Council[203]
	Jonathan Melton	Democratic	North Carolina	Raleigh City Council (2019–present)	One of first two openly LGBT members of Raleigh City Council[204]
	Carlos Menchaca (born 1980)	Democratic	New York	New York City Council (2014–2021)	First LGBT New York Councilmember from Brooklyn and first Mexican-American Councilmember for New York City[205]
	Steven Morabito	Dem	Massachusetts	Revere City Councillor (2013–present)	First Gay man elected to Revere, MA City Council
	Chi Ossé (born 1998)	Democratic	New York	New York City Councilman (2022–present)	Identifies as queer[206]
	Antonio Pagán (1958–2009)	Democratic	New York	New York City Council (1992–1997)	With Thomas Duane, one of the two first openly gay members of the New York City Council[207]
	Annise Parker (born 1956)	Democratic	Texas	Houston City Council, at-large member (1998–2004)	First openly LGBT council member for a major city in Texas, alongside John Loza (Dallas)[208]
	Pedro Peters Maldonado	Popular Democratic	Puerto Rico	San Juan City Council (2012–?)	First openly gay politician elected to public office in the island's history[209]
	Christine Quinn (born 1966)	Democratic	New York	New York City Councilwoman (1999–2013) Speaker of the New York City Council (2006–2013)	Openly lesbian First LGBT person to hold the speakership of the New York City Council[210]
	Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (born 1989)	Democratic	Illinois	Chicago City Council (2015–present)	First LGBT Latino elected to Chicago City Council along with Raymond Lopez[199]
	Phil Reed (1949–2008)	Democratic	New York	New York City Council (1998–2005)	First openly gay African-American person elected to New York City Council[211]
	Darden Rice (born 1970)	Democratic	Florida	St. Petersburg City Councilwoman, District 4 (2014–present) Vice Chair of St. Petersburg City Council (2016) Chair of St. Petersburg City Council (2017)[212]	First openly LGBT candidate to run for office in Pinellas County, Florida[213][214]
	Felix Rivera	Democratic	Alaska	Anchorage Assembly (2017–present)	One of first two LGBT elected officials in Alaska[181]
	Bill Rosendahl (1945–2016)	Democratic	California	Los Angeles City Council (2005–2013)	First openly gay person elected to Los Angeles City Council[215]
	Jim Roth (born 1968)	Democratic	Oklahoma	Oklahoma County Commission (2003–2007)	First out official elected in Oklahoma[216]
	Dan Ryan (born 1962)	Democratic	Oregon	Portland City Council (2020–present)	First HIV-positive person elected to Portland City Council[217]
	Chris Seelbach (born 1979)	Democratic	Ohio	Cincinnati City Council (2011–present)	First openly gay politician elected to Cincinnati City Council[218]
	Patty Sheehan	Democratic	Florida	Orlando City Commission (2000–Present)	First out official in Orlando[219]
	Evelyn Rios Stafford	Democratic	Arkansas	Justice of the Peace, Washington County (2021–present)	First trans woman elected in Arkansas and one of first elected Latina women in the state[220]
	Keith St. John (born 1957)	Democratic	New York (state)	Albany Common Council (1990–1998)	First out LGBT Black person elected to public office in the United States[221]
	Ritchie Torres (born 1988)	Democratic	New York	New York City Councilman (2014–2020)	Openly gay
	Tom Tunney (born 1955	Democratic	Illinois	Chicago City Council (2003–2023) Vice Mayor of Chicago (2019–2023)	First openly gay Chicago City Council Alderman and Vice Mayor of Chicago[222]
	Lawrence Webb		Virginia	Falls Church, Virginia City Council (unknown dates)	First out Black gay official in Virginia[92]
	Bruce Williams (born 1949)	Democratic[c]	Maryland	City Council of Takoma Park (1994–2008) Mayor of Takoma Park (2008–2015)	First openly gay elected official in Maryland[223]
	Mary Wiseman (born 1961)	Democratic	Ohio	Dayton City Commission (1998–2002)	One of first out council members for a major Ohio city (with Louis Escobar)[224]
	Barbara Wood	Democratic	Maine	Portland, Maine City Council (1988-?)	First out LGBT officeholder in Maine[225]
	Cathy Woolard (born 1957)	Democratic	Georgia	Atlanta City Council (1998–2004) Council President (2002–2004)	First openly LGBT elected official in Georgia and first woman as Atlanta City Council President[226]
	Ken Yeager (born 1952)	Democratic	California	San Jose City Council (2000–2006) Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors (2006–Present)	First out city council member in San Jose
	Steve Zemo	Republican	Connecticut	Board of Selectmen of Ridgefield, Connecticut (1996–1998; 2000–2006)	One of first elected out LGBT officials for Connecticut
		Democratic

See also

• LGBT conservatism in the United States
• List of transgender public officeholders in the United States
• List of first openly LGBT politicians in the United States

Notes

1. Former officeholders shown in grey, current officeholders shown in white
2. Also nominated by the Vermont Democratic Party
3. Office is elected on a nonpartisan basis but the person in question publicly identifies with a political party.
4. Boston ordinance provides that when an at-large city council becomes vacant, the next largest vote getter is appointed for the remainder of the term. When Ayanna Pressley resigned to take her seat in Congress, Garrison, as the 5th largest vote-getter in 2017, received the appointment. She was defeated in her bid for a full term in 2019.