Gay man elected mayor of small Colorado town

– April 15, 2010Posted in: Headlines

An openly gay man, Ron Holland, was elected mayor of Dillon, Colo., April 6.

He received 90 votes to an opponent’s 72 in the mountain town of about 800 people.

Holland, who is serving his first term on the City Council, told the Summit Daily News he was “ecstatic” over his victory.

By Rex Wockner

Editor of Gay Today

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