Dallas mayoral hopefuls reach out to LGBT voters like never before

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Title: Decision in Dallas: 2011 mayoral hopefuls reach out to LGBT voters like never before
from Dallas Voice

For the first time ever, all major candidates for Dallas mayor are actively courting the LGBT vote in 2011.

City Councilman Ron Natinsky, former Parks Board Chairman Mike Rawlings and former Police Chief David Kunkle each pledged their support for the community in recent interviews with Dallas Voice.

And all three sought endorsements from both Stonewall Democrats and the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance, although Natinsky pulled out of Stonewall’s candidate screening over questions about his eligibility for the group’s backing.

Openly gay former City Councilman Ed Oakley, who was defeated in a runoff for mayor by Tom Leppert in 2007, called the 2011 mayor’s race “a watershed moment for the community.”

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