At least 43 known LGBTQ candidates won election on Nov. 5 for seats on the city’s Advisory Neighborhood Commissions in ANC districts in each of the city’s eight wards.
The 43 winning candidates, about half of whom were incumbents, were among 47 known LGBTQ candidates running this year for ANC seats.
Results released by the D.C. Board of Elections shows that 33 of the winning known LGBTQ candidates ran unopposed on the ballot.
Among the winning LGBTQ candidates were incumbent Vincent Slatt in the Dupont Circle ANC district 2B03, who serves as chair of the ANC’s LGBTQ Rainbow Caucus.