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Jennifer Lauren Gale (1960 – December 17, 2008) was an American perennial political candidate in Texas. Gale was a native of Wisconsin and a Democrat. She was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Gale gained fame in her adopted hometown of Austin, Texas for repeatedly running, or attempting to run, for multiple offices including congress, governor, mayor, city council, and the school board. Gale often attended municipal hearings, forums, and meetings in Austin where she was known for presenting arguments in song. Gale planned to run for Mayor of Austin in May 2009. Gale, a trans woman and resident of Austin precinct 147, was one of a number of well known Austin eccentrics which include urban outdoorsman cross-dresser Leslie Cochran, who also has run for municipal office in Austin, Texas. She had a very high IQ, but failed in the socialization part of the tests due to awkwardness in dealing with being transgender, and not being told that until the teenage years. Gale appeared before the Austin City Council on November 20, 2008 and warned about the number of urban outdoorsmen that had died on the city's streets. She also sang "I'll be homo for Christmas" and declared that 2009 would be "Hug A Homo" year; "a perfect chance for all heterosexuals to hug a homosexual." On December 17, 2008, according to the Austin Fire Department, she was found dead outside a University of Texas area church where she regularly slept.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jennifer Gale found dead )〕 ==Political history== Gale's first run for elective office came during her bid for Austin mayor in 1997. She earned 420 votes (0.67%), but over time grew increasingly well known and improved her percentages with each race until she was consistently garnering a percentage in the range of 5% to 9%. Gale received her first public endorsement from Bicycle Austin in November 2001 in her run for Austin Mayor,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mayor: Jennifer Gale )〕 and Bicycle Austin also endorsed her in May 2005,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mayor: Jennifer Gale )〕 and May 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mayor: Jennifer Gale )〕 In 2004, Gale surprised the Austin political establishment by earning 38.7% of the vote against incumbent school board president Doyle Valdez for the At-Large Position 8 seat of the Austin Independent School District, garnering the highest percent share in her electoral bids. In recent elections, Gale received 9.3% of the vote in 2005 for Austin City Council Place 4,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=May 7, 2005 Joint General and Special Election Results )〕 6.7% of the vote in 2006 for Austin Mayor,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=May 13, 2006 Joint General and Special Election Results )〕 and 0.7% of the vote in 2007 for Dallas Mayor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=May 12, 2007 Dallas County Joint Election Results )〕 In her most recent election, Gale placed fourth among six candidates for the 2008 Austin City Council Place 4 election, earning 1,951 votes or 5.8% of the total cast.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=May 10, 2008 Joint General and Special Elections )〕 Gale filed her intent but ultimately did not gain ballot access to run as an independent candidate against Republican congressman Lamar S. Smith in the 2008 November general election for Texas congressional district 21. Gale filed her intention in late 2008 to run for Mayor of Austin in May 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Appointment of Treasurer Form ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jennifer Gale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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