I doubt that she has a prayer to win. In my experience at least half of the male population in Amarillo are gay men that are so deep in the closet they don't want anything gay near them. This would certainly include a trans manor.
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A transgender woman announced her candidacy for Amarillo mayor Thursday and said she hoped her lifestyle doesn't become a distraction during the election.
"It could turn (into a circus) depending on the media," Sandra Dunn, 53, said at a news conference for her announcement at Furrbie's restaurant downtown. "That was a concern when we thought about running. We may gain national attention."
Dunn said friends encouraged her to run for mayor in part to oppose David Grisham, an outspoken pastor and director of Repent Amarillo, a religious, fundamentalist group. Grisham announced his candidacy last week.
Grisham gained statewide media attention last year when he called for a boycott of Houston after the election of a gay mayor, Annise Parker.
"The more people that run, the better," Grisham said after hearing that Dunn was a candidate. "I'm not sure that's who you want as mayor. If they're indecisive about who they are, are they indecisive about other issues?"
Like Grisham, Dunn supports single-member districts with the possibility of two at-large candidates, she said.
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