Matt McDermott, a former co-chair of the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund Campaign board, is running for city council in Providence, Rhode Island.

Reports Ocean State independent journalist Steve Ahlquist, complete with an interview with McDermott, on his Substack page:

Matt McDermott is a Democratic strategist who has spent his career “electing leaders and winning campaigns.” Now he’s running himself for the open Ward 2 Providence City Council seat recently vacated by Helen Anthony. McDermott has served as national Co-Chair of the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund Campaign Board, helping barrier-breakers like Congresswoman Sarah McBride make history. McDermott also co-launched Out for Harris-Walz here in Rhode Island, organizing volunteers last year to bring energy and people-power to the fight for our future in key battleground states.

McDermott was recently endorsed by the RI Council 94, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, one of the largest public employee unions in Rhode Island. He also received endorsements from Run For Something, an organization that supports a new generation of progressive leaders running for local office, and the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, which works to elect pro-equality, pro-choice LGBTQ+ candidates to elected office. …

““We know that decisions made in city halls are just as important as those made in Washington,” Evan Low, President and CEO of the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, added. “We need leaders like MattMcDermott to defend our values and deliver transparent, community-led governance.”

Read the complete interview on Steve Ahlquist’s Substack page.

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