Gay Democrats Back Front-Runner de Blasio in NYC Mayor Race
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Some of New York’s most prominent gay Democrats are holding a $1,000-per-person fundraiser for mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio in what hosts are calling the most significant embrace of the front-runner.
The group will gather Oct. 20 at the home of Charles Myers, partner at investment bank advisory firm Evercore Partners Inc. and a donation bundler for President Barack Obama, according to an invitation e-mailed from de Blasio’s campaign. Other hosts include Richard Socarides, a former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, and Tim Gunn, star of television’s “Project Runway,” who backed City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is openly gay, in the primary for the Democratic nomination.