Actress Cynthia Nixon could become the first female governor of New York and also the first member of the LGTB + community with that position
GAYLES.TV.- Actress Cynthia Nixon, known for her role as Miranda Hobbes in the hit series «Sex and the City«, Has run as a candidate to be governor of the city of New York. On Monday he officially presented his candidacy and will compete in the Democratic primary against Andrew Cuomo. If Nixon wins, she could become the first female governor in New York and also the first member of the LGBT + community with that position.
«I am a New Yorker. I love New York. I've never lived anywhere else" it states Nixon in the first video of your campaign. «We are fed up with politicians who care more about headlines and power than what they do for us ». He did not skimp on criticism of transport in his first speech: «It took me an hour and a half and I had to take three trains to get here in what is supposed to be a half hour journey«. The comment is not innocent but a direct dart at your competitor Andrew Cuomo whose mandate has been marked by failure to try to repair the city's subway and who faces criticism for corruption.
Nixon brings a progressive alternative to the centrism of Democrats Cuomo. She has always been linked in the struggle for an improvement in schools and a more equal educational financing, she also acted as president and organizer of the Alliance for a Quality Educationd. Her career as a defender of the rights and equality of the community is also very broad LGTB +. He always visualized his private life with his partner Chtristine. He also helped create Fight Back New York to try to dismiss state senators who oppose equal marriage.
Sources: Associated Press, Eldiariony
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