Kriss Worthington’s credentials as an advocate for the LGBT community go on and on. As the first openly gay man elected to the Berkeley City Council, Kriss successfully made the city the first in the country to support marriage equality. Under his watch, the city passed legislation that required training for the Berkeley police department to undergo LGBT sensitivity training, including a four-hour session on transgender awareness.

Having served on the City Council since 1996, Kriss now wants to ascend to the state legislature to replace termed-out Assemblywoman Loni Hancock. The Berkeley Daily Planet wrote a glowing editorial about Kriss, claiming that he was the most able candidate for the position by far:

“Kriss Worthington, whom we’ve known for the 11 years he’s been on the Berkeley City Council, would make a very fine representative of the urban East Bay in the state assembly. We can’t imagine that anyone could do a better job. Kriss is phenomenally hard-working and very smart. Anyone who watches Berkeley City Council meetings knows that he’s the guy who follows the ball when most of his colleagues are wool-gathering. There are … other candidates in the Democratic race now, nice guys all but no match for Kriss in either experience or skill.”

Kriss’ race is exteremely competitive. He will be running against a fellow Berkeley city councilmember and an official from nearby Richmond.

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