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  • Minneapolis elects 2 black transgender City Council members

    11/08/2017 6:12:55 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 57 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Nov 8, 2017 5:41 PM EST | Kyle Potter
    Minneapolis has elected two black transgender representatives to its City Council, adding to what advocacy groups have described as a banner election for transgender people in public office. Andrea Jenkins easily won the race Tuesday night for an open seat in south Minneapolis, with roughly 73 percent of the vote. Jenkins, a 56-year-old poet and historian who transitioned in her 30s, spent years as a policy aide to two previous council members in the same ward. Phillipe Cunningham’s victory took longer because of Minneapolis’ instant-runoff voting system. But by Wednesday afternoon, the city announced Cunningham — a 29-year old transgender...