Jenny Durkan took 61% of the vote to become Seattle's first Lesbian Mayor yesterday.
Durkan a former U.S. attorney, was projected to win the city's mayoral race over her opponent, Cary Moon. As well as being the first lesbian, she is also the first woman to the post since 1926.
In her victory speech last night she said “It wasn’t about me, or anyone else, it was about you, it was about Seattle and the future of Seattle...It’s a campaign about what Seattle will be like for that next generation, and you have committed to making it the best Seattle ever.”
She also took the opportunity to warn Donald Trump, "Keep your hands off Seattle."
Who is Jenny Durkan?
1985 Durkan earned her law degree at the University of Washington. Prior to this, she worked as a baggage handler and coached basketball in Alaska.
1991 She returned to Seattle and established a successful criminal defense practise.
2009 President Obama appointed Durkin to serve as U.S. Attorney for Western Washington, which made her the first openly lesbian U.S. Attorney in the country's history.
2017 Durkin becomes the first lesbian Mayor of Seattle.
Durkan and her partner, Dana Garvey, have been together for at least 20 years and they have two teenage sons. Although they are not married, Garvey lists herself as Dana Garvey Durkan.
