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PINE CITY, Minn. — Kent Bombard was elected Pine City's mayor on Tuesday, defeating his challenger by more than 26 percentage points and becoming the city's first openly gay mayor.
Bombard was running against three other candidates: Sheldon Gallmeier, Corbin Peters and Nathan Rynders. According to unofficial election results on the Minnesota secretary of state's website, Bombard won the election with % of the votes with Gallmeier right behind him garnering % of the votes.
Bombard took over the mayoral office in July when former Pine City Mayor Carl Pederson resigned, but was reelected on Tuesday.
Bombard responded to WCCO's request for comment by saying, "It's an honor to continue serving as Mayor of Pine City. I take great pride in shaping our community's future and am committed to working transparently with residents to contact our shared goals."
Bombard said a target of his mayoral term is to improve housing in Pine City. He said he hopes to create more housing, and as a result, amplify local job opportunities and support business growth.
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Pine City makes history by appointing openly gay mayor
Pine Urban area Mayor milestone
Pine City’s new mayor says he's the first openly gay mayor in the city's history, and one of only two gay mayors to currently hold the position among the state's cities.
PINE Capital, Minn. (FOX 9) - Pine Capital, about an hour north of the metro is known for its lakes. But soon the community of about 3, people could become recognized for something else.
"It's unreal. It's crazy. It's surprising that it's , and there's only two in the state of Minnesota," said brand-new Pine City mayor Kent Bombard.
On Monday, Bombard was sworn-in as the mayor after being appointed to the position when the previous mayor stepped down to spend more time with his family.
Bombard says he's the first openly gay mayor in the city's history, and one of only two gay mayors to currently hold the position among the state's cities.
"It doesn't matter if you're gay or straight. Leading a city is leading a municipality. Being part of the community is being a part of
Chris Pine Talks Playing Gay, Being Adj of Pal Zachary Quinto in Out Magazine
Chris Pine isn't afraid to play gay on the big screen.
The sexy Star Trek star covers the June/July issue of Out magazine, in which he talks his on- and offscreen bromance with costar Zachary Quinto, the future of his Hollywood career and being arrogant of his pal for coming out.
After almost being typecast post-Princess Diaries 2, Pine recalls how his chemistry with Quinto convinced director J.J. Abrams he was right for William Shatner's former role:
"That relationship is the core of what Kirk goes through," the year-old actor says of Kirk and Spock's close friendship. "The arc and the trajectory of his journey is gigantic , almost Greek. But it's through his relationship with Spock that he learns the greatest lessons, about loving someone to the verb of being qualified to do away with all rules and regulations and constraints in instruct to save, guard and do justice to your friend."
A lesson which both men were coming to terms with offscreen
ChrisPinesays he’s “proud” of the “Star Trek” franchise for making history this year by revealing that one of its most iconic characters is gay.
In a Thursday interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the year-old actor, who’s played Captain Kirk in the last three “Star Trek” installments, applauded the decision to depict Hikaru Sulu as a gay man in “Star Trek Beyond,” which hit theaters in July.
“It’s about f**ing time,” Pine said. “The truth that there’s still a conversation about it means that there’s still room to go in terms of it being normalized.” The “Star Trek” franchise, he added, “doesn’t share in the kind of cynicism and negativity that some of these other superhero films do.”
Pine’s co-star, John Cho, told Australia’s Herald Sun in June that he would be playing Sulu as a gay man who is raising a daughter with a same-sex partner in “Star Trek Beyond.”
The film’s director, Justin Lin, and co-writer Simon Pegg told Cho they’d chosen to depict Sulu as gay in honor of George Takei, who originated the role in the s television series and six subsequent films. Take