Photograph: Carlos Menchaca campaign website
Photograph: Carlos Menchaca campaign website

The candidate: Carlos Menchaca

Running for: Council District 38, which includes Bay Ridge Towers, Greenwood Heights, Red Hook, Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace

The very basics: The widely endorsed Carlos Menchaca is going up against sitting council member Sara Gonzalez in the Democratic primary. He’s worked as an aide for Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz and current council speaker Christine Quinn, for whom he was a liaison on LGBT issues.

Fun fact! If Menchaca wins, he’ll be first Mexican-American City Council member, and the first LGBT representative from a Brooklyn district.

For more information:carlos2013.com

LGBT New York City Council candidates

Meet some of the LGBT City Council candidates you’ll find on the ballots at the primary on September 10.

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9/11/13 update! Congratulations to Corey Johnson, Carlos Menchaca, Rosie Mendez and Ritchie Torres, who all won their districts in last night's Democratic primary election. Johnson and Torres will face off against Republican opponents in the general election on November 5; Menchaca and Mendez are running without Republican opposition and are almost certain to win their districts. For polling places, how to register and much more information about voting in NYC, go to the New York City Board of Elections website.

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