Ward 2 D.C. Board of Education member Jack Jacobson, the city’s highest-ranking LGBTQ elected official, announced on Tuesday he has endorsed four candidates running for the D.C.
Board of Education and three candidates running for the D.C. Council in the city’s Nov. 3 election. But in a development that might raise eyebrows among some LGBTQ activists, Jacobson endorsed just one of three out gay men running for Board of Education seats, choosing instead to endorse opponents of the two he chose not to endorse.
He also chose not to endorse another gay candidate running for an at-large D.C. Council seat. “The candidates I’m endorsing today have the experience, life skills, and fortitude to be responsible stewards of our sacred democratic