Record five openly gay candidates look to toss hats into Council races

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Record five openly gay candidates look to toss hats into Council races

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2008/03/02/2008-03-02_record_five_openly_gay_candidates_look_t-1.html

BY JOHN LAUINGER
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Sunday, March 2nd 2008, 4:00 AM

Several years ago, two men ran groundbreaking political campaigns with the same goal in mind - to become the first openly gay person elected to public office in Queens.

Neither Edward Sedarbaum in 1998 nor James Van Bramer in 2001 achieved that distinction, but both helped to further the dream.

Next year, however, that dream could finally come true - perhaps more than once.